By Andy Sullivan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A wide range of U.S. government services could be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of civil servants furloughed beginning on Wednesday if Republicans and Democrats in Congress cannot agree on a funding deal to avoid a partial government shutdown.

WHAT DO REPUBLICANS WANT?

President Donald Trump’s Republican party controls both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and they have already scored big budget wins this year. The massive legislation nicknamed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” passed in July, boosted spending for defense and immigration enforcement and rolled back spending on green energy and other Democratic priorities.

Republicans also have broadly supported the White House’s efforts to claw back money that had already been approv

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