Congressional leaders haggle over abortion rights and health care in dispute over spending bill
by Cathleen Decker, Los Angeles Times
Mar 20, 2018
3 minutes
WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators laboring to write a trillion-dollar plan to fund the federal government are caught up in last-minute partisan disputes over abortion rights and health care costs, among other matters.
House and Senate leaders must agree on a package before Friday's deadline to avert another government shutdown, which would be the third of the year.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Tuesday that negotiators hoped to release the omnibus proposal Tuesday but acknowledged a lack of agreement on some points.
"Look, we got close," he said, referring to an initial plan to
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