White House, congressional leaders will try again to reach spending deal

[DonViejo]

By JOHN BRESNAHAN and BURGESS EVERETT 06/16/2019 03:46 PM EDT Updated 06/16/2019 04:21 PM EDT

Top congressional leaders from both parties will meet with senior White House officials this week as the Trump administration and Congress try once again to reach a deal to avoid tens of billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts this fall, according to congressional and administration officials.

Yet both sides acknowledge they're not close to an agreement at this point, with even Senate Republicans and the White House unable to fully hash out a common position among themselves.

The federal government's debt ceiling will also need to be increased later this year in order to avoid a catastrophic default, foreshadowing how ugly this fall may get in Washington.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will huddle with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and acting Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought sometime this week, three sources said.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/16/white-house-congress-leaders-spending-deal-1365905

[lark]

1. Complete waste of time.

What happens will 100% depend on if PUtin tells drumpf to hurt the country or help it - he will do what he is told because PUtin is the one person in the world he really fears. If PUtin wants to help drumpf win and take the long view, drumpf will be reasonable (for him). IF PUtin wants a default and a huge hit to the credibility of the US government, drumpf will produce that and revel in the hate and hurt.

They (the conferrees) could come up with the best plan in the world and it'd be for naught because little orange traitor tot just don't give a shit unless it protects him or produces $$ for him. This is a total waste of time and pretense of normality in the clownshit show that is truly happening..