Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.) said there is a deal in the House that includes a 45-day continuing resolution with disaster relief funds, extension of a federal flood insurance program and FAA reauthorization — but no Ukraine aid.
House Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) just yielded the floor after speaking for about an hour. The odds of wriggling out of a shutdown just went up.
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Rep. Katherine M. Clark (Mass.), the Democratic Whip, told fellow Democrats to wait to cast their votes to show that Republicans they can’t vote the bill forward on their own, according to a Democratic aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly. Clark is expected to give Democrats a signal and the supporting votes will be cast.
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