Shutdown Odds Just Went Up

“President Trump’s plan to cancel $4.9 billion in congressional-approved foreign aid is aggravating members of both parties, complicating next month’s scramble to avoid a government shutdown,” Axios reports.

“The White House is looking for another fight over spending. Democratic leaders want to show their voters they aren’t afraid to join it.”

Said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “It is clear neither President Trump nor Congressional Republicans have any plan to avoid a painful and entirely unnecessary shutdown… if Republicans are insistent on going it alone, Democrats won’t be party to their destruction.”