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So Congress is barreling towards its now third shutdown in literally just five months. And no amount of

GOP spin is going to be able to hide the disastrous effect that this is going to impede upon the Trump administration.

And lawmakers, they packed up, and what did they do?

They left town for a week-long vacation.

Literally, while the government is set to shut down at 12.01 a.m. Saturday.

Literally, another self-inflicted crisis and another failure by government.

Let me show you the reporting on this. In it, it turns around and it says,

Homeland Security Department poised to shut down as Congress leaves

with no deal. The White House and Senate Democratic leaders continued to trade offers and kept

the details of negotiations private, signaling some hope, but no guarantee of an agreement.

It further goes on to say the Department of Homeland Security is

poised to shut down this weekend as Congress remained deadlocked Thursday on a path forward

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