Disagreements over guns, abortion, sanctuary cities, and other issues are preventing Congress from agreeing to a must-pass spending bill that they hoped to approve by this week, and must pass by March 23.
Finalizing a bill to fund the rest of fiscal year 2018 was expected to be much easier, after lawmakers in February agreed to a bipartisan deal that raises military and domestic spending by $300 billion over the next two fiscal years.
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