Politics
Capitol agenda: Senate shutdown deal hits a Lindsey Graham snag
A partial shutdown of multiple federal agencies is just 16 hours away as the Senate deals with a Lindsey Graham-sized snag and House Republicans face pressure from President Donald Trump to expedite whatever the other chamber sends their way. Here’s the latest on the stop-start drama around the government funding deal: — Graham’s revenge: It sure seemed like the Senate was ready to vote Thursday night after Trump and Democrats struck a compromise — enactment of five of the full-year appropriations bills and a two-week Homeland Security stopgap — to buy time for both sides to negotiate new guardrails for the administration’s immigration enforcement activities after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis…
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