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GOP senators dread pre-election shutdown fight
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Senate Republicans are anxious to avoid giving Democrats another opening to force a government shutdown weeks before the midterm elections.
Key facts
- Democrats, meanwhile, have blamed the Trump administration's hefty budget requests, including $1.5 trillion for defense spending
- The The deadline to fund the government next fiscal year is Sept. 30, about a month before the midterm elections
- Last October, the government began a 10-plus-week shutdown as Democrats demanded an extension to expiring Obamacare tax credits
- Appropriations Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) still wants to stick with the normal funding process to avoid a CR
Summary
The appropriations process is a slog, Sen. The annual, nuts-and-bolts funding process used to be more bipartisan, but it has become increasingly politicized. It's only July, and senators are already talking about kicking the can down the road. What they're hearing: During multiple closed-door lunches before the Fourth of July break, senators raised fears about Democrats forcing another shutdown fight, multiple sources familiar with the discussions tell them.