NEWS: House Dems will propose short-term CR to keep the federal government open until Dec. 11, per 2 sources
/2 Per Dem aide: “$2b for pandemic EBT [help for food insecure children] in exchange for CCC” funding sought by Republicans for farmers
/3 CR text could be coming out in next 30 mins to hour
/4 There’s a last-minute snag on CR. Per Dem aide: “Now some issue over CCC. No deal yet. No text filed.”
/5 No text on CR package until Monday. House Dems had planned to vote Tuesday, which now seems unlikely to happen.
/6 Watch,they take this right up until Sept. 30 deadline. Just a real failure in leadership from both sides of the aisle, both chambers, this last few weeks & months. White House too.The nation’s political leaders are failing the country.
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