BUDGET/POLITICS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Congress gave itself one more week to agree on a spending bill to fund the U.S. government through September, leading into President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office Saturday [4-29-17] by keeping the lights on.
The 382-30 House vote Friday was followed quickly by unanimous Senate passage of the stopgap spending bill hours before the shutdown deadline. The measure goes to Trump for his signature. “We feel very good” that lawmakers will be able to pass a full spending bill next week, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer told reporters.
Leaders of both parties say they’re close to agreement on a broader spending plan after Republicans signaled they would accept Democratic demands that the Trump administration promise to continue paying Obamacare subsidies and drop its bid for immediate funds for a wall on the Mexican border.”
-Anna Edgerton, “Congress Does Bare Minimum to Keep Government Open Next Week,” Bloomberg, April 28, 2017 10:19am