Congress Readies Bill to Keep Government Open for a Week -- Update
April 27 2017 - 10:37PM
Dow Jones News
By Natalie Andrews and Kristina Peterson
WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers prepared to vote Friday on a weeklong
spending bill needed to avoid a shutdown of the U.S. government on
Saturday, but Democratic resistance added uncertainty and
volatility to the day.
In a related development, Republicans signaled late Thursday
that they were still short of the votes needed to revive and pass
legislation to replace most of the Affordable Care Act.
House GOP leaders had been trying to corral votes in hopes of
passing the bill before President Donald Trump's 100th day in
office on Saturday. But House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R.,
Calif.) said Thursday night that the chamber wouldn't vote on the
bill Friday or Saturday.
The developments showed the difficulty GOP leaders have faced in
trying to come to terms with Democrats on a spending bill to keep
the government open after Friday while also pressing forward on a
health-care bill uniformly opposed by Democrats.
Write to Natalie Andrews at Natalie.Andrews@wsj.com and Kristina
Peterson at kristina.peterson@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
April 27, 2017 23:22 ET (03:22 GMT)
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