GOP's Budget Battle Raises Risk of Government Shutdown

Republicans in the US House of Representatives plan to pursue appropriations bills with less spending than the top-line numbers they agreed to in a deal with the White House last month, which has drawn immediate pushback from Democrats who say it guarantees a standoff with the Senate and White House and possibly even a damaging government stoppage when funding expires this fall. The emerging dynamic raises the potential for another round of economy-rattling brinkmanship in Washington just months after lawmakers narrowly avoided a damaging federal default.