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CONGRESS’ CLEMENS DECISION BY WEEK’S END

The Roger Clemens’ steroid saga may finally be reaching the finish line, at least politically.

By the end of the week, the five-time Cy Young Award winner should know if Congress will ask the Justice Department to investigate whether Clemens or his trainer Brian McNamee lied under oath during the Congressional Hearings on Feb. 13.

The majority and minority sides of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee met yesterday to decide how to advance on the Clemens’ situation.

This after it was reported Monday that the committee had drafted a letter citing Clemens’ testimony, but not McNamee’s, to possibly send to the Justice Department. The Justice Department could proceed alone, but a letter from Congress would increase the chances a probe would be launched.

“I can’t say anything about discussions today,” Phil Schiliro, chief of staff for committee chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., wrote in an e-mail to the AP. “Our goal is a decision this week.”

While politicians in Washington will make those choices, the Rocket wanted no part of the discussion at the Astros’ Spring Training facility in Kissimmee yesterday.

“Everything’s been said that needs to be said on that,” said Clemens, who is with the Astros to pitch batting practice to minor leaguers like his son Koby.

Clemens’ lawyer Rusty Hardin said he knew these allegations could be coming for quite some time.

“We always assumed that there would be the very real possibility of a referral if Roger testified differently than the Mitchell Report,” Hardin said.

Another House committee is bringing officials from MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, the NCAA and the Olympics up to Capitol Hill today.

While NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman will join, he does not want to be lumped into the controversy that is swirling around baseball and other sports. He will tell House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection that his sport is steroid free.

“We shouldn’t all be painted with the same broad brush,” Bettman said. “Every sport is different. What goes on in one sport does not go on in every sport. This hasn’t been an issue for us for a variety of reasons as it has been for others.”

justin.terranova@nypost.com