Policy Feuds Keep Spending Bill in Flux - News Summed Up

Policy Feuds Keep Spending Bill in Flux


WASHINGTON—Lawmakers hustled Monday to resolve policy disputes holding up an agreement on a sweeping spending bill needed to keep the government funded beyond Friday, but negotiations stretched into early Tuesday morning. Disagreements over health-care policy, immigration and funding for a New York rail tunnel project persisted as Democrats, Republicans and the White House negotiated the measure that would keep the government open until October and prevent a partial shutdown when its current funding expires at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.


Source: Wall Street Journal March 19, 2018 23:46 UTC



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