CHARLESTON — Once again, Congress is facing another impending government shutdown by the end of the month if lawmakers can’t come to an agreement on funding packages.

The countdown has begun for Tuesday, Sept. 30, when the federal government will run out of money unless Congress passes a short-term continuing resolution or passes a series of spending bills for the federal fiscal year beginning on Wednesday, Oct. 1.

“Here we go again,” said U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., during a Thursday morning call with West Virginia news reporters. “I know it’s deja vu all over again for many of us in terms of, ‘Is the government going to shut down again?’ I’m going to do everything I can make sure the government doesn’t shut down.”

Congress averted a government shutdown on March 14 with a

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