News Alert: GOP leader faces Trump test in latest shutdown crisis

View in your browser     GOP leader faces Trump test in latest shutdown crisis Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is treading carefully with President Trump on the year-end spending fight. McConnell has made it clear that he wants to avoid a government shutdown, for which Republicans would get most of the blame. “The leader has expressed his views on a partial shutdown several times publicly,” a McConnell aide told The Hill. But he’s letting Trump, who has threatened to veto a spending bill that fails to fund his wall, take the lead. Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for News Alerts     Forward News Alerts     You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.