Today, House Republicans are offering a short-term spending bill that they claim is designed to keep government open while they work out a compromise spending for the rest of the fiscal year with Senate Democrats.
The thing is that the House GOP's proposal is nothing more than a two-week version of their spending bill that created the conflict in the first place. Instead of making a serious, good faith offer to avoid a shutdown during negotiations, the House Republican proposal includes the exact same level of cuts as their original bill.
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