GCIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING: As shutdown looms, GOP readies short term bill if needed

ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center

SOURCE: News-Leader

04April2011 9:40pmEST

GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE:  WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republican officials say GOP lawmakers are ready with another short-term spending bill if needed to avoid a government shutdown threatened for Friday.

These officials say a bill to finance the government for one week will be brought to the House floor if currently deadlocked talks on a longer-term measure fail to yield a compromise.

They add the stopgap bill would include about $12 billion in cuts in domestic programs, and include enough money to finance the Defense Department through the end of the budget year on Sept. 30. (read full report)

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