(Bloomberg) – House Republican leaders will add $81 billion in hurricane and wildfire recovery aid to a temporary spending bill needed to keep the government open after Friday, as lawmakers in the Senate cobble together their own package to avert a partial federal shutdown.
The strategy makes an end run around House Democrats who say they were shut out of the final crafting of the disaster package, but depends on Speaker Paul Ryan being able to convince enough fiscal conservatives to support the plan. The initial signs were positive in the House.
"I think we will have the votes. I haven't heard too much chatter against it," said Bill Flores of Texas, a former head of the conservative Republican Study Committee.
North Carolina Representative Mark Walker, the current chairman of the group, said he would prefer the package be paid for through spending cuts but said he is still studying it. House Freedom Caucus member Ted Yoho of Florida said he supports the plan.
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