White House threatened spending bill veto and potential shutdown over congressional push on Ukraine payments

The White House insisted that House Democrats drop language in the year-end spending bill establishing a specific and quick timeline for deploying appropriated aid to Ukraine or risk a veto, multiple people involved with the talks told CNN.

The disagreement was contentious and the White House drew a red line on the issue, the people involved said. But the matter was resolved over the course of a few days as Democrats backed down, with the threat of a shutdown never moving to the forefront, the people said.
Trump signed the $1.4 trillion spending package and a defense authorization act on Friday night, officially taking the threat of a government shutdown off the table.

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