DeLauro rejects one-year stopgap spending bill backed by Republicans: ‘Nonstarter’

The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee is rejecting the idea of a stopgap spending bill to fund the government at current levels through the remainder of the fiscal year. That proposal is being pushed by President Trump, who endorsed a “clean” continuing resolution (CR) last week, and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who blanketed...