GOP lawmaker predicts shutdown will be avoided 

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.) predicted on Friday that a government shutdown will be avoided as one looms.“Do you believe that Republicans will be able to avoid a government shutdown?” NewsNation’s Blake Burman asked Harris on “The Hill.” “And do you think shutdowns are useful tools, or not?”“There will not be a government shutdown, you know, one month before an election, that I can tell you,” Harris responded. Lawmakers are racing to avoid a