Republicans scramble for spending deal by Friday
by Susan Ferrechio | Dec 20, 2017, 12:01 AM
House Republicans late Tuesday had little time to celebrate their pending victory on tax reform, and instead were scrambling to come up with a bill to keep the government open past Friday's deadline.
The House is expected to vote on legislation as early as Wednesday that would keep the government funded fully through Jan. 19 and would include full fiscal 2018 funding for defense.
But that bill won’t pass the Senate.
Lawmakers in the upper chamber plan on stripping out the year-long defense spending and tacking on a measure to fund Obamacare subsidies.
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