House Republican leaders rallied their members ahead of a government shutdown deadline this week, telling members in a Monday conference call to stay unified as Republicans aim to jam Senate Democrats into accepting a “clean” short-term continuing resolution to keep the government funded.

Multiple sources on the call told The Hill that the expectation, unless there is some last-minute breakthrough at a White House meeting, is that there will be a government shutdown starting Wednesday.

The call came with GOP lawmakers scattered across the country after Speaker Mike........

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