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The government shutdown negotiations are starting to careen off the rails
Congressional negotiations on averting a partial shutdown of the federal government are starting to look a lot more difficult. The conservative House Freedom Caucus is threatening to hold up a short-term extension of the federal government's funding, with the deadline for a shutdown looming on December 8. GOP leadership in both the House and Senate want to pass a bill that would push that deadline until December 22 to provide more time for negotiations with Democrats, but the Freedom Caucus wants to move the deadline to December 30. "There's a whole lot more pressure to get home for Christmas than there is for New ... (full story)