This week in Congress: Budget deal remains elusive as shutdown looms

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This week in Congress: Budget deal remains elusive as shutdown looms
By Leo Shane III
 Monday, Dec 12
A reflection of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., is seen in a window Nov. 4, 2022.
A reflection of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., is seen in a window on Nov. 4. (Colin Demarest/C4ISRNET)

Congressional leaders have just five days left to reach a deal on a full-year funding plan for fiscal 2023 or trigger a partial government shutdown on the eve of their planned holiday break.

Lawmakers earlier this fall passed a short-term budget extension that runs through Dec. 16 as negotiations continued over a full-year budget plan for federal operations. Now, with that deadline fast approaching, no deal has been finalized.

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