McConnell Works to Avoid Another Shutdown

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is once again trying to avoid a government shutdown, the Washington Post reports.

“McConnell’s advisers are worried enough that by Friday evening they were circulating a memo showing how damaging last year’s shutdown was to the Republican Party — an effort designed to counter conservatives who point to this month’s triumphant election as proof that the shutdown did little damage.”

Politico: “Republican leaders wanted a quick and clean, drama-free lame duck session to kick off their new majority, but they find themselves heading toward a showdown over how to fund the government.”