Dem whip to GOP: Drop your spending bill demands and we'll drop ours
BY MIKE LILLIS - 03/13/18 03:02 PM EDT
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said Tuesday that Democrats are pushing for a sweeping government spending package that excludes all extraneous provisions — even those the Democrats want.
Hoyer indicated there are still scores of controversial “riders” the Republicans are demanding as part of the 2018 omnibus talks, which House negotiators are hoping to finalize this week. Those “poison pill” provisions touch on issues ranging from reproductive health, campaign finance and the environment, Hoyer indicated.
To clear the path to passage, Hoyer said Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, made GOP leaders an offer: You drop your demands and we’ll drop ours.
“Some riders … we like,” Hoyer said. “But her proposal was: Let’s drop every rider no matter who’s for it, and just have a riderless — not driverless — but riderless omnibus.
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