A soon-to-be divided Congress braces for the looming budget battle

With the Thanksgiving holiday and midterm elections (mostly) over, lawmakers in Washington are scrambling to put together a massive, year-end spending package by mid-December — or risk a government shutdown ahead of the new congressional term. With the stakes high and time short, the pressure is…

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