Hurricane Harvey may help Congress delay a possible U.S. government shutdown and avoid a costly fight over raising the debt ceiling.
Congress is seen as likely to combine emergency aid for Harvey victims in September with stopgap government funding and a debt-limit increase. That could help Republican leaders persuade President Donald Trump and restive conservatives to put off major fiscal battles that could distract from the top GOP goal of a tax overhaul by the end of the year.
“If there is going to be a shutdown fight it would be December or January,” House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows of North Carolina told ABC News on Tuesday. “Not in September and certainly not along with the disaster we are having in Texas….
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