Funding fight deepens: Democrats demand healthcare as GOP releases stopgap
As the shutdown deadline nears, Democrats are holding firm on healthcare while Republicans roll out their short-term funding plan in the House.
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House Republicans on Tuesday afternoon released the text of a stopgap spending bill that would keep the government funded at mostly flat levels through mid-November, setting up the next phase of a high-stakes standoff with Democrats as the end-of-month deadline to avert a shutdown looms.
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