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View in your browser     McConnell: There will be no government shutdown By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “Look, there’s not going to be a government shutdown. It’s just not going to happen,” the Senate Majority Leader told ABC’s “This Week.” Read the full story here     King: Nobody wants a government shutdown By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said Sunday that no one on either side of the aisle in Congress wants to shut down the government, which will soon run out of funds. Read the full story here     Top GOP senator: House and Senate 'not that far apart' on tax bill By BRETT SAMUELS   Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) on Sunday said he's optimistic the House and Senate will be able to hash out differences in the chambers' respective tax reform bills and get legislation to the president by the end of the year. Read the full story here     Republican senator predicts Congress will wrap up tax work in two weeks By JOSH DELK   "The good news is that we are well on our way to a pretty quick conference with the House of Representatives on wrapping up this tax relief," Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) told John Catsimatidis on the "Cats Roundtable Show" after the massive GOP bill narrowly passed the Senate early Saturday morning. "I'm very hopeful we can get this wrapped up in the next ten days or so.” Read the full story here     Collins on support for GOP tax bill: I want to see what comes out of conference committee By BRETT SAMUELS    “I believe that the amendments I added on medical expense deductions, on property tax deductions, on helping retirement security for employees improve the bill," the Maine Republican said on NBC's "Meet the Press." Read the full story here     McConnell: 'Impossible' to promise every member of middle class gets a tax cut By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “You can’t craft any bill that would guarantee no one was in a special category that might get a tax increase,” the Senate majority leader said.  Read the full story here     Mulvaney: I doubt there will be 'significant change' to White House view on corporate taxes By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    “If something small happens in conference that gets us across the finish line, we'll look at it on a case-by-case basis,” the White House budget chief told CBS’s “Face the Nation” when asked about President Trump’s suggestion of a 22 percent corporate tax rate. Read the full story here     GOP senator defends time to read tax bill before vote By OLIVIA BEAVERS   "The suggestion that we had so little time to take a look at 500 pages is inconsistent with the truth," Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.)  told host Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union." Read the full story here     Schiff: Flynn plea 'very significant' By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   In an interview with ABC News’ “This Week,” the California Democrat said special counsel Robert Mueller “must have concluded that he was getting a lot of value” out of Flynn’s cooperation with the probe. Read the full story here     Graham: If anyone knows whether there was collusion, it's Flynn By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “If there was coordination between the Trump campaign and the Russians, I can’t think of a person who would know more about that than Flynn,” the South Carolina Republican said. Read the full story here     Former Bush attorney general: 'Heavy breathing' over Flynn plea agreement 'completely unwarranted' By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    “That plea agreement does not, to me, indicate that there’s very much else there,” Michael Mukasey told ABC’s “This Week.”  Read the full story here     Warner: Every week another shoe drops in Russia investigation By OLIVIA BEAVERS   "This president has been obsessed with this investigation, always saying, 'there is nothing there,'" Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told host Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union." "But each week another shoe drops where we see more evidence of continuing outreach from Russians and some response from the Trump campaign and Trump individuals.”  Read the full story here     Feinstein: I see obstruction of justice case forming against Trump By BRETT SAMUELS   “I think we see this in the four indictments and pleas that have just taken place, and some of the comments being made. I see it in the hyper-frenetic attitude of the White House, the comments every day, the continual tweets,” the Democratic senator said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I see it most importantly in what happened with the firing of Director Comey, and it is my belief that that is directly because he did not agree to lift the cloud of the Russia investigation.” Read the full story here     Rogers: I believe Comey's testimony is 'credible' By OLIVIA BEAVERS    "I do believe James Comey. I think James Comey is a very good man. The FBI agents loved James Comey. I think that's really important to separate this," the former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told host Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union." Read the full story here     Most Republicans in Alabama do not believe Moore allegations: poll By OLIVIA BEAVERS   Seventy-one percent of likely Republican voters said they did not find the allegations against the GOP Senate candidate credible, according to a CBS News and YouGov poll published Sunday. Read the full story here     Former Trump campaign aide: It's clear that it is Trump on Access Hollywood tape By BRETT SAMUELS   “I don’t even know why that’s of interest today. The president put out his apology that weekend. I don’t believe it’s changed,” former Trump campaign deputy manager David Bossie said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Read the full story here     McMaster: Trump not giving up on Mideast peace amid video backlash By BRETT SAMUELS    The national security advisor said it was Trump’s intention to “highlight the importance of creating safe and secure environments for our citizens.” Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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