Lawmakers continue their work on Capitol Hill this week, and there's work to be done, as a spending plan, or an extension, needs to be adopted.

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) predicted on Friday that a government shutdown will be avoided as one looms. “Do you believe that Republicans will be able to avoid a government shutdown?” NewsNation’s Blake Burman asked Harris on “The Hill.

Senate Republicans are letting the air out on House Republican efforts to pump up a partisan standoff over federal funding, which they fear could risk an embarrassing government shutdown a few weeks before Election Day.