The seeds of a plan to avoid a partial government shutdown appeared to be germinating Thursday in the House, which could allow conservative Republicans to vote for an initial stopgap funding bill to strengthen their hand in talks with the Senate.
Spearheading the intraparty talks were Main Street Caucus members Dusty Johnson of South Dakota, Stephanie Bice of Oklahoma and Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota, and Freedom Caucus members Chip Roy of Texas, Byron Donalds of Florida and Scott Perry of Pennsylvania.
The group met for several hours Wednesday night with border security a focal point of the talks. Donalds and Roy said Thursday that talks were ongoing and involved other members of the GOP conference as well.
