White House budget director expects Congress to reach spending agreement 'in the next 24 hours'
by Diana Stancy Correll | Jan 19, 2018, 6:26 PM
White House budget director Mick Mulvaney believes Congress will find a solution to avoid or end a government shutdown in the next 24 hours.
"I think there's a deal in the next 24 hours,†he said during an interview on CNN on Friday.
The House passed a stopgap spending measure to keep the government open Thursday night, but the possibility of a government shutdown remains in the hands of the Senate, which has until midnight to agree on a spending deal before federal funding runs out.
Mulvaney didn't seem phased by the midnight deadline as federal offices will be closed until Monday.
“I look at it more in terms of what gets done before offices are supposed to open on Monday,†he said.
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