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Struggle for votes to end shutdown

CQ Budget, Episode No. 378

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said she won't vote for a rule on a $1.2 trillion spending package without including legislation on voter ID requirements.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., said she won't vote for a rule on a $1.2 trillion spending package without including legislation on voter ID requirements. (Tom Williams/ CQ Roll Call)

House leaders face a challenge in mustering the votes to end the second partial government shutdown of this fiscal year. CQ Roll Call’s Aidan Quigley, Aris Folley and David Lerman examine how mounting Democratic opposition and a fractious GOP conference put a $1.2 trillion spending package in jeopardy, and whether any compromise is in sight for a Homeland Security bill.

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