from Sputnik News
According
to one report, those meeting in the Oval Office with the US president
“ganged up” on the house speaker to allow more money for Ukraine, with
Biden telling him that history would “judge him harshly” if he did not
act on the issue. Meanwhile, Johnson said his first priority is securing
the US-Mexico border.
US
President Joe Biden summoned four congressional leaders on Tuesday in
an effort to avoid a government shutdown that is predicted to occur on
March 8, including: Vice President Kamala Harris, House Minority Leader
Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate
Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Speaker Mike Johnson. US
legislators must come up with a spending plan that both sides of the
aisle can agree on, in order to avoid the shutdown.
At
the beginning of the year, the short-term continuing resolution (CR)
established a phased, two-step deadline to fund the government, which
extended funding through March 1 for about 20% of the federal government
that is responsible for military construction, as well as the
departments of veterans affairs, agriculture, housing and urban
development, transportation and energy. The remaining 80% of the
government is funded until March 8...
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