WASHINGTON - Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are scrambling to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions.

If government funding legislation isn’t passed by Congress and signed by Trump on Tuesday night, many government offices across the nation will be temporarily shuttered, and nonexempt federal employees will be furloughed, adding to the strain on workers and the nation’s economy.

Here's the latest on the effort to avoid a government shutdown:

Senate leaders debate shutdown live on chamber floor

11:30 a.m. ET: The Associated Press reported that Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer clashed publicly Tuesday as tensions over a possible government shutdown carr

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