Officials are getting ready for the US Government to grind to a halt at midnight tonight.
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Inside Capitol Hill, politicians are trying to find a way to keep federal funding going into next year - although Donald Trump has already said it's President Biden's problem to solve.
And attempts to find a compromise are, so far, not going well, with Republicans descending into infighting and Democrats refusing to back a plan they say would simply mean tax cuts for the very rich.
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