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Been speaking for a few minutes. We will hear more on what he says later. If no deal is in place by the end of today, Government Agencies will begin shutting down injust under ten hours time thats midnight local time. It would mean hundreds of thousands of federal employees sent home without pay. Much of the attention is focused on the republican speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Heres what he had to say earlier. Because the senate cannot act in time, the government would shut down. The house is going to act so government will not shut down. We will put a clean funding stop gap on the floor to keep government open for 45 days for the house and senate to get their work done. The house is debating over the Funding Plans now. And Hakeem Jefferies, democratic Minority Leaders has been speaking in the last few minutes. We are here at this moment on the brink of a shutdown that was entirely unavoidable and has been brought to us by the extreme Maga Republicans who have decided that rather than pursue

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