Congress struggled Thursday to avert a government shutdown Friday, with an early afternoon vote in the House canceled as lawmakers realized they might not have enough votes to pass a $1.01-trillion spending bill. House leadership had expected to wrap up its work for the year, including the vote on the spending bill, by 2:30 Thursday afternoon. Instead, shortly after 2 p.m., the House went into recess rather than vote on the bill. Prior to the recess, a vote to proceed…
