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Here’s what you need to know:

Tax cut? Check. Now to avoid a shutdown.

• Fresh off their success in passing a sweeping tax overhaul in the Senate, Republicans are turning their attention to government funding, which expires on Friday.

They’re moving toward a two-week stopgap measure to buy time to negotiate a long-term spending package. But the effort is complicated by tensions between President Trump and Democrats, and by promises made to secure passage of the tax bill.

Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, spoke to our chief Washington correspondent about the difference between the tax debate and the one about repealing the Affordable Care Act: “Everybody really wanted to get to yes,” Mr. McConnell said. “There was a widespread belief that this was just a good thing to do for the country and for us politically.”