Congressional leaders have a deal on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months.
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In a letter to Republican colleagues, Johnson said the budget measure would be “very narrow, bare-bones" and include"only the extensions that are absolutely necessary.” “So far, nothing has come up that we can't deal with," said Cole, R-Okla. “Most people don't want a government shutdown and they don't want that to interfere with the election. So nobody is like, ‘I’ve got to have this or we're walking.' It's just not that way.”
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