WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- House Republican leaders say they're confident the $1.1 trillion spending bill now on the table will be approved by the deadline of Dec. 11, averting a government shutdown.
In a closed-door meeting of Republican members of the House, Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., worked to keep members unified, telling them, "keep your schedules flexible, (because) we're not going to allow Democrats to use the calendar against us," a source who was in the meeting told Politico.