Republicans who met with President Trump Wednesday said the group agreed to a plan to fund the federal government in September.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., “reaffirmed the September plan to fund the government,” a top GOP aide told the Washington Examiner.
Earlier Wednesday, Ryan pushed back at speculation Trump would not sign government spending bills.
Trump has suggested in tweets he might not sign the spending bills if they do not include significant funding for a southern border wall. Republicans want to put off the wall funding debate until after the November midterm election.
Ryan told reporters Wednesday morning a government shutdown “is not in anyone’s interest and [Trump] knows that.”
The two chambers are negotiating compromise legislation in three bills that would fund 90 percent of the government. The remaining funding would be extended temporarily, lawmakers said.
Republicans and Democrats have worked out bipartisan agreements on spending in the Senate, where Democrats have the power to filibuster.
They are negotiating with the House to work out differences. The two parties agreed to top line spending numbers in a major bipartisan deal in March, easing this year’s spending process.
