If members of Congress cannot reach a funding agreement by the end of the day next Tuesday, the federal government will shut down on Wednesday.

In Oregon and Southwest Washington, that means about a third of the federal workforce could stop working.

Last Friday, Oregon’s five Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted against a short-term federal spending package that would have averted a shutdown.

But House Republicans passed it along party lines and sent it to the U.S. Senate, where it failed. Oregon’s U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley voted against the resolution.

The package now needs 60 votes to pass, and Republicans control 53 seats. So, Democratic leaders are making demands in exchange for votes.

Oregon Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle said her suppor

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