Congressional leaders are trading blame as both sides struggle to strike a bipartisan deal to stave off the threat of a partial government shutdown. Lawmakers have until Mar. 1 to pass legislation to fund the departments of Agriculture, Energy, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and other offices for fiscal 2024 or risk their first partial…
House Democrats are warning leadership against including Republican-backed riders they’ve described as so-called “poison pills” in any annual government funding bills as both sides dig in their heels ahead of a shutdown deadline next week. In a letter to House and Senate leadership on both sides of the aisle, more than a dozen Democrats…