The bill aimed at preventing a government shutdown would make D.C. revert to its 2024 spending. City officials fear cuts to police, schools and other services.

U.S. House Republicans on Saturday released a spending bill that, if passed next week, would avoid a looming government shutdown. The 99-page bill would keep most government spending on cruise control through the end of the current fiscal year on Sept.

House Republicans are proposing increases to national defense spending while reducing spending on domestic programs in a stopgap funding measure to avert a government shutdown.

Republicans in the House released a stopgap spending plan over the weekend that would delay a government shutdown for at least six months, but it's unclear if they have the votes to pass the measure.

Democrats decried the measure as a White House power grab, leaving it unclear whether the legislation could pass.

House Speaker Mike Johnson proposed a stopgap funding bill to maintain current federal spending levels through September 30.

Republicans released a detailed spending bill ahead of a deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown on March 14.

Congressional Democrats may just surrender rather than risk catching blame for shutting down a government that Republicans are gutting.

WASHINGTON—Republicans are charging ahead with a proposal endorsed by President Trump that would keep the government funded into the fall while reducing spending, setting up a clash with Democrats already steaming over sharp cuts to federal jobs and programs.