Lawmakers say they are edging closer to a deal to avoid a government shutdown in nine days but are still trying to work out differences over disaster aid and potential add-ons to the bill.
The details surrounding the emergency spending bill are expected to be delayed and may 'slip by a day' as the deadline to avoid a government shutdown looms. Lawmarkers were expected to share the text of the emergency spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and address disaster relief on Sunday, but Fox News is told the text 'may slip by a day.
Congress should not pass a whopping $100 billion unpaid disaster supplemental funding bill — that Democrats will use to cement their own unrelated priorities — in the waning days of Democrat control in Washington right before Republicans take control of the White House and both Chambers,' the House Freedom Caucus statement read.
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