House Republicans are eyeing a new spending proposal that would tee up votes on three separate measures: to fund the government, appropriate disaster relief and allocate farm assistance, three sources told The Hill.
But in a shift from previous strategy — and in a break from President-elect Trump’s request — the new plan does not include a measure to increase the debt ceiling, the sources said, a move that could spark the ire of the incoming president, who demanded that such language be included.
Instead, Republicans are working towards an agreement to cut trillions of dollars in spending in exchange for an increase in the borrowing limit next year under reconciliation, the sources said.
The latest development comes just hours before the midnight shutdown deadline.
The sources cautioned that the proposal is not set in stone because Republican leadership still has to present it to the entire GOP conference. The group is expected to meet around 12:30 p.m., the sources said.
The plan to split the main contours of the plan B bill into separate votes is nearly identical to what Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) had pitched to GOP leaders on Thursday night after the bill that included a two-year debt ceiling increase failed.
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