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Congress goes to the brink but averts government shutdown with the support of all but one of Utah’s delegates

Sen. Mike Lee opposes stopgap bill that includes short-term extension for CHIP health care for low-income kids, which had expired Sept. 30.<br>

From left, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., appear before the House Rules Committee to make an appeal to add protections to the government funding bill for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, know as "dreamers," on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. With a government shutdown clock ticking toward a midnight Friday deadline, House Republican leaders struggled on Wednesday to unite the GOP rank and file behind a must-pass temporary spending bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

From left, Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Hispanic Caucus Chair Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham, D-N.M., appear before the House Rules Committee to make an appeal to add protections to the government funding bill for immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children, know as "dreamers," on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. With a government shutdown clock ticking toward a midnight Friday deadline, House Republican leaders struggled on Wednesday to unite the GOP rank and file behind a must-pass temporary spending bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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