House Moves Toward Stripped-Down Spending Plan to Avert Shutdown
- Plans for Obamacare fixes, immigration deal kicked to January
- Current government funding runs out at end of day Friday
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House Republicans are moving toward passage of a stripped down temporary funding measure to avert a government shutdown on Saturday as the prospects of a deal on a host of other issues faded.
A Senate measure intended to stabilize Obamacare markets was kicked to next year because of the political uncertainty, as were plans for an immigration deal. Ambitious plans to include full-year funding for the Pentagon, long-term extensions for a children’s health insurance program and a government surveillance program, among other items, are at risk of being pushed back as well.