Congress splinters into unlikely factions over looming government shutdown - POLITICO

Continually running the government on stopgaps is part of White House budget director Russ Vought's strategy to shrink federal spending as he roots for the government funding process to be "less bipartisan." 

Those kick-the-can funding bills give the White House more leeway to shift cash while depriving Democrats of any increases in non-defense funding and GOP defense hawks the military budget increases they seek. Then, using party-line measures like the domestic-policy megabill and the $9 billion clawbacks package Congress cleared this summer, Republicans can add or subtract funding without needing to rely on the votes of Senate Democrats…

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