The House Republican in charge of funding the government warned colleagues in a closed-door meeting Wednesday that it will be uniquely difficult to negotiate with Democrats to avert a shutdown later this year.
House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.), who outlined a plan to mark up the 12 bills to fund the government by the end of July, told GOP members of the House Appropriations Committee the measures would hew closely to Trump’s budget request and warned they won’t rely on a defense funding boost through the reconciliation process. He also specified a $1.613 trillion top-line funding level for fiscal ...