Conservatives balk at GOP plan to avert government shutdown

New Zealand Herald Wednesday, 17 January 2018 ()
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hard-line conservatives are threatening to scuttle Republican leaders' plans to prevent a weekend government shutdown, saying GOP leaders now lack the votes to push their proposal through the House.The setback...
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 Concerns are mounting over whether GOP leaders can wrangle the votes to avoid a government shutdown next week. Defense hawks in the GOP, who say short-term spending bills cripple the military, are threatening to vote against another stopgap without a long-term deal in hand. Progressive groups,...