Republicans in Congress are racing to pass a GOP stopgap funding bill by 11:59 p.m. Friday to avert a government shutdown.
Vice President Vance on Tuesday made his closing pitch for the Trump-backed measure to a meeting of House Republicans.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is trying to shepherd the bill through his razor-thin House majority, even as a number of Republicans are still undecided on the measure, at least one GOP lawmaker is promising to vote “no,” and Democrats are expected to oppose the legislation in droves.
Republicans have touted the stopgap as “clean,” The Hill’s Emily Brooks and Mychael Schnell report. But Democrats argue the measure is anything but, hammering away at what they say will be cuts to health care, nutritional assistance and veterans benefits.
Meanwhile, President Trump on Tuesday said he was directing Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to increase the tariffs on Canadian imports of the metals from 25 percent to 50 percent. The move came in response to an electricity surcharge the Ontario government imposed and is the latest escalation of a growing trade war.
And U.S. diplomats are meeting in Saudi Arabia with their Ukrainian counterparts, just days after an explosive meeting in the Oval Office.
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