Reid: "Temporary" Spending Bill Needed

Harry Reid

Bloomberg - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he’ll introduce a temporary spending measure to keep the government operating into early April, an effort to buy time for negotiations on a longer-term agreement. Reid, a Nevada Democrat, said he was tapping his top aide to open private talks with the office of House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, on a broader deal that “cuts waste and excess, while protecting the initiatives that keep us safe, put Americans back to work and keep our economy on the right track.” Congressional leaders of both parties are maneuvering over spending cuts as the prospect of a government shutdown in early March looms. Current spending authority expires on March 4, and if Congress doesn’t act on a new spending plan by then the government will shut down. Congress is in recess this week.  Read full story here: News New Mexico

Reid: "Temporary" Spending Bill Needed