WASHINGTON — In seven days, Congress will hit a deadline for avoiding a government shutdown that no lawmakers say they want. If everyone follows the script, Republican leaders insist, lawmakers will cobble together a last-minute deal that leaves everyone grumbling as they head home to hit the campaign trail.

But Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan still don’t have a deal with Democrats. Government funding runs out Sept. 30.

McConnell’s move Thursday to introduce a GOP-authored bill funding the government through Dec. 9 incensed Democrats because it excluded $220 million sought by Democrats for the water crisis in Flint, Mich. — but included $500 million sought by Republicans for floods in Louisiana and other states.