“President-elect Donald Trump’s last-minute calls for a congressional funding package were rejected by dozens of Republican lawmakers this week, foreshadowing the legislative difficulties he could face next year even under unified Republican control.” washington post report.
“Trump’s role in undermining the bipartisan agreement to fund the government and his public insistence that any spending bill require raising the debt ceiling led to a failed vote in the House on Thursday evening. More than three dozen lawmakers from his own party voted against the deal he had approved hours earlier. The Senate passed new legislation early Saturday aimed at averting a government shutdown. “This bill does not include Trump’s debt ceiling demand.”
“The drama highlighted the limits Trump faces in bending the entire party to his will, as Republicans hold a slim lead in the House and remain ideologically divided on government spending.”
wall street journal: How a routine spending bill upended Washington.
Politico: Trump’s wake-up call: Republicans are willing to ignore him.
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