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Congress Focuses On Averting Shutdown, But Trump Wants More In Budget Deal

Source: npr.org/2017/04/24/525335478/congress-focused-on-averting-government-shutdown-but-trump-wants-more - Apr 24, 2017

Congress returns Tuesday from its spring recess, facing yet another down-to-the-wire spate of deal-making — and a White House anxious to claim its first major legislative win.

On Friday night, the funding measure lawmakers approved last year to keep the federal government running will expire. The timing leaves members of the House and Senate just four days to reach a new agreement to fund the government, or risk a partial shutdown of federal agencies on Saturday — the 100th day of Donald Trump's presidency.

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