House GOP says Trump wants spending bill through March

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans leaders say President-elect Donald Trump wants a short-term spending bill to keep the government running through March of next year.

The current stopgap spending bill runs out in less than a month, on Dec. 9. House and Senate negotiators are working on a bill they could pass before leaving for the holidays.

House Republicans met Thursday behind closed doors with Vice President-elect Mike Pence. Speaker Paul Ryan told them the new administration prefers a four-month extension of spending.

Such a move would let the Republican-controlled government boost military spending while making deep cuts in domestic programs next year.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2016/11/17/house-gop-says-trump-wants-spending-bill-through-march/

[Bucky]

1. Get ready to tighten your belts America. Also buy stock in soup kitchens. I'm bullish on poverty.

[titaniumsalute]

2. They should let the government close...

Shut it down. Let that shit fall right onto Trump's plate.

[yallerdawg]

4. Didn't we have a 2-year package negotiated by this Congress?

Republicans reneging on their deal is not a good beginning.

This deal or no deal!

[BumRushDaShow]

7. That was just the budget framework

They now need the appropriations that will fit into that framework. The one thing I would bet we will see is that when the debt ceiling becomes an issue in March 2017 (per that framework), we'll be able to watch how the media will be in cahoots with the GOP to not even bring it up. I.e,. there will no longer be an Obama in office, so no more need to threaten to not raise the debt ceiling and create a faux catastrophe to get their way.

[Mc Mike]

3. I vote nay.

[Mc Mike]

5. People in hell want icewater, dRumpf.

[geek tragedy]

6. filibuster and veto nt