Headline Roundup • January 19th, 2018
Government Shutdown Is Looming
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The House passed a stopgap spending bill; now the Senate needs to pass the bill in order to avoid a shutdown.
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Blame Game Ramps Up as Shutdown Draws Near
RealClearPolitics (Aggregator)
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Hours after the House voted, debate in the upper chamber devolved into a partisan blame-game, with Democratic and Republican leaders digging in their heels, convinced that the other party would suffer the political consequences of a government funding lapse.
Congress Likely Racing Toward a Government Shutdown
Time Magazine
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A bitterly-divided Congress hurtled toward a government shutdown this weekend in a partisan stare-down over demands by Democrats for a solution on politically fraught legislation to protect about 700,000 younger immigrants from being deported.
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