Conservatives balk at GOP plan to avert government shutdown
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"There's not enough support to pass it with
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Those talks were soured by Trump's incendiary remarks about "shithole" countries in
"We don't want to shut down the government. ... We want to keep the government open," Democratic
House Republican leaders tried to win over wary conservatives with a promise to repeal unpopular taxes as part of the bill preventing a shutdown.
They sweetened the plan with a two-year delay on implementation of unpopular taxes on medical devices and generous employer-subsidized health care plans. The taxes, also unpopular with many
The temporary funding bill would also include a long-delayed, six-year renewal of a popular health insurance program for children of low-income families. It would fund the government through
House Speaker
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"There's no trust there," said Rep.
Negotiations on immigration were to resume Wednesday but
Even if they succeed in the
When the
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"I think everyone has the empathy and compassion to want to help these young people who are stranded and we're trying to find that, but shutting down the government isn't going to help them," Manchin said.
On the left, liberal groups are ramping up pressure on
Meanwhile, the bipartisan group of senators continued work to build support for a plan to protect the "Dreamers" and toughen border security, including funds to start building Trump's long-promised border wall.
Trump ended the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, late last year but gave
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