House Republicans are pressing on with plans for a clean six-month stopgap to keep the government funded beyond next week’s shutdown deadline in the face of staunch resistance from Democrats. House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.

Democrats are rejecting House Republicans’ plan to pass a stopgap spending bill through the end of September, raising the s​​pecter of a government shutdown in President Donald Trump’s first 100 days and setting up a test of how far Democrats are willing to go to counter his administration.

Senate Democrats are indicating they won't tank a short-term government funding package, barring any eleventh-hour GOP surprises. Why it matters: A truly clean funding bill will make life easier for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.