Dems’ All-or-Nothing Budget Demand Pushes Congress Toward Deadlock and Government Shutdown, as Impeachment Crisis Deepens

The Capitol in Washington on Sept. 25, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Budget negotiators facing the Dec. 20 expiration of the current continuing resolution head into negotiations this weekend with a tough job. They must not only overcome major disagreements on key issues, they must also deal with Democrats’ demand that Republicans agree on spending priorities for all 12 pending major appropriations bills.

The government runs out of money in two weeks, so Congress must either approve the dozen appropriation bills or pass another continuing resolution that allows departments and agencies to stay open at current funding levels for some period of time.