House Offer to Blunt Impasse Deemed Not Serious by Democrats
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A Republican proposal to approve spending for a handful of federal agencies was swiftly criticized by Democrats, extending the impasse that forced the first partial U.S. government shutdown in 17 years.
House Republican leaders pushed a plan today for stopgap spending bills through Dec. 15 for the Washington, D.C., government, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Park Service.