Despite far-right members’ opposition to a bipartisan government spending deal, several Republican leaders are “optimistic” that a government shutdown won’t happen following a Tuesday, February 27 meeting with President Joe Biden, The New York Times reports. According to the report, “it was not clear whether the progress would yield an agreement before midnight on Friday, when government funding for several agencies is slated to lapse, with money for the remainder of federal agencies on track to run out on March 8.” The Times notes “ultraconservative” House Freedom Caucus members “have brought…