House Republicans voted in their closed-door conference meeting to pursue a funding plan that will require Democratic votes and strips out a debt limit measure President-elect Donald Trump is pushing, according to more than a dozen Republicans leaving the meeting.
The plan will also include a one-year farm bill extension and the $110 billion disaster aid package Republicans negotiated with Democrats. Republicans expect they will vote on the package today, with less than 12 hours remaining until a shutdown deadline.
It was one of two options Speaker Mike Johnson presented to his members during the meeting.
It’s not clear whether Democrats will support the new package while they wait to see the details. Text has not been released yet.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his leadership team held a closed-door meeting with purple-district lawmakers Friday afternoon to see how long they could hold the line against Republicans — inquiring whether they faced constituent pressure to cut a deal, according to a person familiar with the meeting who was granted anonymity to detail private conversations.