Top GOP senators warn White House against yearlong CR plan

By Tony Bertuca / July 3, 2019 at 2:45 PM
Key Republican senators, including Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe (OK), have sent a letter to the White House urging the Trump administration to abandon plans for a yearlong stopgap spending measure, or continuing resolution, should budget negotiations with Democrats fail. The July 3 letter , addressed to acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, notes that "some members" of the Trump administration have...

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