This deal could avert a shutdown — if Congress decides to take it

Politico.com - For more and to sign up click here If they squint, lawmakers can see the outlines of a bipartisan deal that could avoid a government shutdown later this year. But bringing an agreement into focus — and enacting it into law — will be no small task. The general parameters floated by multiple factions in the House and Senate is to couple, by the end of the year, an extension of federal health…