With shutdown averted for the weekend, lawmakers look to meet new spending deadlines

Politico.com - For more and to sign up click here Instead of a shutdown this weekend, we may see text of the first six-bill spending package. For lawmakers, its part of the effort to try and meet the new March 8 and March 22 spending deadlines. Speaker Mike Johnson and top Appropriations Democrat Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) both told reporters Thursday that they expect text for the first tranche of spending bills to…