The White House is asking Congress to provide money to repair EPA elevators, speed up disaster assistance and expand wildfire mitigation authorities as part of a stopgap funding bill later this month.
The Trump administration Tuesday sent congressional leaders a list of “funding anomalies,” or tweaks, it wants to see included in a continuing resolution that lawmakers are hoping to pass to avoid a government shutdown Oct. 1.
The White House request, obtained by POLITICO, calls for a CR through Jan. 31 — a much longer time frame than congressional appropriators are pushing for.
It will guide appropriators as they craft the legislation and could help ensure certain government programs remain funded while Congress negotiates full-year spending bills.
