No clear spending deal as Congress inches closer to government shutdown
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Lawmakers are coming back to Congress on Monday with less than two weeks until a possible potential government shutdown.
Some GOP groups are discussing a 30-day stopgap CR with some border security measures attached, multiple sources told Fox News Digital. Elizabeth Elkind is a reporter for Fox News Digital focused on Congress as well as the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and politics. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
One senior GOP aide told Fox News Digital that they believe a shutdown is likely but dismissed the notion it would be long term. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
"It might just be that you know, we're getting close to the deal in the nth hour and it shuts down because it’s Saturday, when this all starts happening. It might be shut down over a weekend, open up on a Monday, that would be a shutdown, technically," a senior GOP aide told Fox News Digital on Friday. "I don’t think anyone can tell you right now with any degree of certainty that it’s going to be a month-long shutdown."
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