Capitol Hill is set for votes today to fund the government past Sept. 30, but the outcome is uncertain.
First, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will dare Democrats to vote against a relatively “clean” spending stopgap that would fund agencies through Nov. 21 without many extras.
Senators are set to vote on that plan and a Democratic alternative. None of the action ensures a shutdown will be averted.
The House and Senate Democratic leaders, New Yorkers Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, have repeatedly called Republicans to the negotiating table to insist on attaching their priorities — which were laid out ...
