The second attempt on a deal is considered “bare-bones” to avoid extras, particularly coming from colleagues in the U.S. Senate.
This Continuing Resolution bill would allow the government to remain funded and running at the current levels until Dec. 20, leaving all future negotiations until right before the holidays. The first proposal was for six months.
Trump has been the target of two assassination attempts – one in Butler, Pa., at a campaign rally on July 13, and a second on Sunday a week ago as he golfed at his club in Florida.
The bill would give the Secret Service more protection for presidential candidates, contingent on the Secret Service participating in oversight responsibilities and investigations, said Johnson this morning in a press conference.
“While this is not the solution any of us prefer, it is the most prudent path forward under the present circumstances,” Johnson wrote in a letter to House Republicans. “As history has taught and current polling affirms, shutting the government down less than 40 days from a fateful election would be an act of political malpractice.”
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