Beyond the Shutdown, Federal Appropriations Challenges Loom

In a press call hosted by House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and the House Freedom Caucus, Republican members of Congress weighed in on the future of federal appropriations whether or not the stopgap spending continuing resolution languishing in the Senate is passed.  “Republicans have been moving their committee stuff forward as best they can, but … you can’t do everything during a government shutdown. You can’t talk about what the next one is going to be until you open it up in the first place,” Emmer told The Daily…

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Beyond Trump’s divisive wall, US Republicans and Democrats seek common ground on border security – The Japan Times

Beyond Trump’s divisive wall, US Republicans and Democrats seek common ground on border security  The Japan Times Border wall: Donald Trump says lawmakers ‘wasting their time’ on talks  USA TODAY Republicans, Democrats both see less reason for optimism in 2019 than they did in 2018  Pew Research Center Republican Favorability Down; Views of Democrats Steady  Gallup Shutdown Continues to Cast Shadow Over US Politics  VOA News View full coverage on Google News “us republicans” – Google News

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