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is fueling America's workforce by visiting walmart.com slash America at work. Good morning. I'm Max Cohen, a congressional reporter at Punch Bowl News. I'm filling in for Anna and Jake today.

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It's Tuesday, March 4th, 2025.

Let's get into the mix.

Here are your top Washington headlines of the day.

Our number one story of the day, the latest in the looming government shutdown.

Here's where things stand.

There won't be a house vote in any continuing resolution until next week,

which will then be followed by Senate action.

Texts of the CR package, including any critical anomaly language covering special provisions,

also won't be available until later this week or in the weekend.

House Republicans haven't started whipping anything yet since there's no bill,

so we expect a lot of discussion on this issue at the House Republican conference meeting later today.

With only a 218-215 seat margin, House GOP leaders can only lose one vote on any potential rule vote or final passage.

And consider to this, Republican Congressman Thomas Massey told us last night that he'll oppose

both the rule and the CR, meaning Johnson literally has no room for error here.

And we don't see Massey changing his position, so Johnson cannot lose another Republican vote.

The House and Senate Republican appropriators want to use a, quote, two-track approach to continuing resolution to keep federal agencies open.

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