Kevin Freking | The Associated Press
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Before President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress can enact much of their legislative agenda, they have to deal with some unfinished business — completing work on the current budget year's spending bills. It's a task that by all accounts is not going well.
The current stopgap measure lasts through March 14. After that, without congressional action, there would be a partial government shutdown.
Five weeks is an eternity when it comes to resolving spending bills in Washington. But Trump's first weeks in office have escalated tensions between...
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