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What to know as the deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown creeps closer

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The nation faces a March 14 deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown.

Democrats want to adhere to a two-year agreement that would bring defense spending to about $895.2 billion .

Republicans want to spend less on non-defense programs.

A 50-year-old law known as the Impoundment Control Act makes that explicit by prohibiting the president from halting payments on grants approved by Congress .

The White House has submitted to lawmakers a list of what are referred to as anomalies’ that it wants to see added to a continuing resolution.

It wants an additional $1.6 billion to increase pay for junior enlisted service members by an average of 10% effective April 1 .

The request also seeks to give Trump more flexibility on how money within certain departments is spent.

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