House GOP Dares Senate to Vote Against Temporary Spending Bill

  • Senate could strip out Defense funding to get Democratic votes
  • Immigration deal will probably be put off until next year
Republicans won’t be "counting their chickens" ahead of the vote. Bloomberg’s Kathleen Hunter reports.Source: Bloomberg
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House Republicans are challenging the Senate with a take-it-or-leave-it offer to keep the government running for another month while increasing funding for the Pentagon. The Senate is ready to leave it.

That means a tight turnaround for both chambers to come to an agreement and vote this week before the federal government’s current temporary funding expires at the end of the day on Friday.