Top lawmakers pushed back on a proposal by President Donald Trump to fund the government with a stopgap measure through Jan. 31, which is longer than congressional negotiators initially discussed.
The fight over the length of a continuing resolution increases the risk of an Oct. 1 shutdown, as Congress and the White House feud over basic aspects of a funding bill just three weeks before the deadline. A copy of the plan, obtained by Bloomberg, calls for a series of changes to funding levels, including to allow Washington, D.C. to spend its own tax revenue, provide funds for a ...