The plan for the looming shutdown showdown with the Senate emerged as a defining issue separating the two Republicans vying to be the next House speaker.
In a closed-door GOP conference meeting Tuesday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana and House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio presented starkly different plans for avoiding a government shutdown when current funding expires in five weeks.
Any stopgap funding bill had been a nonstarter for hardline conservatives, but their position appeared to be softening. Republican lawmakers who previously vowed to vote against a stopgap spending bill, known in congressional jargon as a continuing resolution or CR, suddenly warmed to the idea, said Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina.
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who pressed for the automatic cut provision, posed the question to Mr. Jordan and Mr. Scalise. He said Mr. Jordan’s position would use the 1% cut as leverage against the Senate.
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