McCarthy allies and Freedom Caucus in talks for border security solution to spending impasse

The Republican Main Street Caucus and the House Freedom Caucus are currently in negotiations to include the House Republican border security bill H.R. 2 into a continuing resolution as a way to get conservatives on board to vote for the measure. With the House not likely to pass all 12 of their appropriations bills by the Sept. 30 deadline before the government runs out of funding, a short-term continuing resolution, a stop-gap measure to fund the government at the previous year’s levels, is looking like the more realistic scenario. TRUMP...