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much. congress is one step closer to averting a government shutdown later this month. house speaker mike johnson and chuck schumer announced sunday they agreed to a $1.59 trillion top line budget for fiscal year 2024. but hiel they now have a deal on funding levels, lawmakers don't have much time to approve the funding bills that would avoid a shutdown. already johnson is facing pushback from house republicans who wanted steeper cuts. the freedom caucus is calling the agreement a, quote, total failure. let's bring in congressional reporter for the associated press, great to see you. let's start out with what is in this deal. what did they agree to? >> the majority of it we saw last summer when house speaker kevin mccarthy and president biden directly were negotiate ing on the hill to come up with a top line number. it continues with that, but it's