But Congress now faces an 8 December deadline to strike another agreement and avoid a potential fiscal cliff. Trump ignores Republicans on Democrats' debt limit and Harvey funds plan Read moreThe aid package, nearly double Trump’s initial request, now goes to the House of Representatives, where a group of more than 150 conservative Republicans have announced their opposition to the plan. Despite widespread concern among GOP lawmakers that Trump caved to Democrats, House speaker Paul Ryan said he understood the president’s motivations. “Personally I think the debt limit and the credit markets, the longer the better for the stability of the credit market. “Here, the currency of the realm is the vote.” Republicans need Democrats’ votes to pass the budget measures in the Senate.

Source: The Guardian September 07, 2017 18:56 UTC