'I’m hoping this will be the beginning of a bipartisan agreement, which will be necessary in order to have an orderly appropriations process, not only this year, but next year as well,' Mitch McConnell said
Congressional leaders are charging ahead with negotiations on a deal to skirt $126 billion in spending cuts, even as an internal divide among House Democrats killed their bill staking an opening offer. But the Trump administration is reluctant.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Trump's fiscal 2020 budget proposed increasing the balance in a special war account that does not count against the budget caps, which would mean non-defense funding would fall victim to the automatic cuts while defense spending would be preserved. But congressional Democrats will not sign off on such a move, requiring an overall budget deal if the president wants to spare the Pentagon from the scalpel of sequestration.
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