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Shutdown Politics Will Give Way to Election Campaign Pressures

There’s friction in both parties over the funding bill, but the midterms loom large.
The House returned to the Capitol today to take up a Senate-passed spending package that would end the partial government shutdown.Photographer: Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg

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Sigh. Another shutdown. I’ll cut to the chase: I think it’s resolved this week. If you are an impacted government worker, I don’t think you’ll miss a paycheck.