And some conservatives have balked at spending money to prop up a health care system they tried to repeal last year. "I'm still optimistic it's going to be included," Collins said Monday evening before House Republicans met. Freylinghusen acknowledged the massive bill isn't done yet as of Monday evening and there are still ongoing negotiations, the lawmaker in the room told CNN. Reports that it would not be included in the must-pass spending bill prompted Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, to release a blistering statement. Some had hoped that the White House and Capitol Hill could find a way to protect recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in the spending negotiations.

Source: CNN March 19, 2018 21:49 UTC