BBF - Down To The Wire Once Again
The Hill newspaper reports that:
Congress is scrambling to avoid its third government shutdown of the year as lawmakers slog through negotiations ahead of next week's deadline. Republicans had hoped to buy themselves some extra time by having the House vote on a mammoth funding bill this week. That would have helped the Senate avoid an hours-long shutdown like the one forced last month by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). But that timeline appears to be slipping amid a standoff on controversial policy riders. Senators are now predicting the legislation will be filed by Friday, or