Leaders Haggle Over Abortion, Healthcare in Spending Bill

Congressional negotiators laboring to write a trillion-dollar plan to fund the federal government are caught up in last-minute partisan disputes over abortion rights, health care costs and the fate of a Northeastern railway tunnel that President Donald Trump has sought to derail.

House and Senate leaders must agree on a package before Friday’s deadline to avert another government shutdown, which would be the third this year.

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