Several official congressional trips that were scheduled for next week have been cancelled due to the possibility of a government shutdown, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: It's one of the starkest indicators yet that lawmakers on Capitol Hill are hunkering down for a shutdown as Republican and Democratic leadership appear far from a deal. • Federal funding is set to run out at midnight on Sept. 30 unless Senate Democrats agree to a deal with Republicans to pass a short-term spending measure. • Senior Democratic and Republican sources stressed that these trips are government-funded — making it a financial and logistical nightmare to try to go forward with them during a shutdown.

What we're hearing: At least two congressional delegations — called CODELs — organized through the House

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