On the brink

By midnight tonight, congressional leaders must reach an agreement to fund the government or endure the first federal shutdown in seven years .

Republicans and Democrats alike attribute the current stalemate to officials on the other side of the aisle taking an unreasonable position on health care. While Republicans control both the House and Senate, tight margins mean leaders still must mind compromise to land a budget resolution on President Donald Trump’s desk.

It must also, of course, be a deal that the President will sign.

Republicans in the House say they have already done their part and passed a bill out of the lower chamber.

“The federal government will shut down at 12:01 a.m. EST tomorrow. The House of Representatives sent a Continuing Resolution to keep th

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