Scoop: Some of Congress' trips are being cancelled ahead of a potential shutdown

Several official congressional trips that were scheduled for next week have been cancelled due to the possibility of a government shutdown, Axios has learned.Why it matters: It's one of the starkest indicators yet that lawmakers on Capitol Hill are hunkering down for a shutdown as Republican and Democratic leadership appear far from a deal.Federal funding is set to run out at midnight on Sept. 30 unless Senate Democrats agree to a deal with Republicans to pass a short-term spending measure.Senior Democratic and Republican sources stressed that these trips are government-funded — making it a financial and logistical nightmare to try to go forward with them during a shutdown.What we're hearing: At least two congressional delegations — called CODELs — organized through the House Oversight and Science, Space, and Technology Committees have been cancelled, according to lawmakers and staff familiar with the matter.Science, Space and Technology Committee members were set to travel to New Mexico to visit the Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories, two sources told Axios.Zoom in: Lawmakers were informed in both cases that the trips were cancelled due to the likelihood of a shutdown, according to five sources.One of the sources, a lawmaker who was set to go on the Oversight trip, said they were informed by a staffer who arranges travel for members that a third trip was also cancelled.Said the lawmaker: "[The] decision was made by members because we have to lock in planes and hotels that aren't refundable."Yes, but: A Republican leadership source stressed that none of the trips were cancelled by leadership and that all the decisions are being made by individual members.The source also stressed that while some CODELs have been canceled, not all have been.A House Republican who is scheduled to go on a CODEL next week said they have received "no word" of whether it is still going ahead.The bottom line: If the government shuts down Wednesday, the trips are cancelled whether members like it or not."CODELs cannot happen without a legislative appropriation," a senior House Democrat told Axios.

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