Congressional leaders and the White House are struggling to reach a deal on a government funding package, warning that they almost certainly will need to pass a short-term measure to avert a shutdown at the end of the week.
“The hangup is that the Democrats got a lot of money, nondefense things, through reconciliation, billions and billions,” said Shelby, who held talks with President Joe Biden last week at the White House. “And now they say they want parity. Well, that’s not parity. We want them to come back to where we can have an agreement.”
“Although we don’t have the Republicans participating, it is designed to attract Republican support and to be a balanced proposal,” said Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, who heads an Appropriations subcommittee. “This is not designed to be some sort of gotcha. … This is not going to end up being some wish list of Democratic priorities.”
Complicating the GOP internal politics is House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who is courting right-wing votes in his quest to become speaker and is pressuring Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to walk away from the table until the new Congress in January, when Republicans will take control of the House and wield more negotiating leverage.
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