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Without a deal on Capitol Hill, current spending laws expire on Sept. 30. Ahead of a potential government shutdown, Wall Street is gaming out what it could mean for the U.S. economy.

DAVIS: A lot of them, and in all 12 bills - and that's part of what's going to make this round of shutdown negotiations so complicated. It's not just a disagreement about how much money to spend.

Getting ahead of the shutdown was better politically for those vulnerable members. Remember, he only has a four-seat majority in the House, and he wants to keep it in the next election.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., about negotiations to avoid a shutdown of the federal government at midnight.

GRISALES: So it takes two government shutdown deadlines - one for tomorrow, another in February - and moves those two dates forward several weeks to early March - March 1 and 8, to be exact.

And we're going to turn to the U.S. now, where another temporary spending deal is being prepared to avoid the partial government shutdown that was looming at the end of this week. But some House ...