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Abortion, Border Wall put Major Spending Bills Into Disarray

Associated Press

   WASHINGTON - Fights over abortion and President Donald Trump's
   U.S.-Mexico border wall have thrown Senate efforts to advance $1.4
   trillion worth of agency spending bills into disarray, threatening one
   of Washington's few bipartisan accomplishments this year.

   A government shutdown remains unlikely, but agencies face weeks or
   months on autopilot while frozen at this year's levels if the logjam
   isn't broken.

   At issue are 12 annual budget bills to fund the day-to-day operations
   of the government. The bills are needed to fill in the details of this
   summer's budget and debt deal -- which reversed cuts scheduled to slash
   the Pentagon and domestic programs and increased the government's
   borrowing cap so it won't default on its payments and Treasury notes.

   Sweeping votes on July's budget blueprint were a kumbaya moment in
   Trump's polarized capital. But the Senate Appropriations Committee,
   tasked with filling in the details, has been beset by infighting in
   advance of a bill drafting session on Thursday.
   

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