Schumer: Negotiators 'very close' to deal to avoid shutdown

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told colleagues Wednesday that congressional negotiators are “very close” to reaching a deal to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week, announcing that they “continue to make very good progress on an agreement.” Schumer reiterated his arguments made at a meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)…

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