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Congress set to extend government shutdown deadline into Trump’s term

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Without new legislation, financing for federal agencies will expire Dec. 20 .

Lawmakers are discussing a temporary measure that would fund the government into March .

That would give the Senate plenty of time to begin confirming Trump ’s Cabinet nominees.

The proposed timeline jibes with the timing of a plan originally put forward by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) in September .

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79

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40

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formal

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English

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69

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short-lived

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