The strategy could help satisfy hard-liners but alienate Democrats whose votes will be needed to fund the government.

Growing calls among hard-line House conservatives to incorporate cuts made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) into a developing government funding bill are complicating efforts to

Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are struggling with a key question as they stare down a fast-approaching deadline to fund the government: How do they fund federal agencies that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk want to dismantle?

Congressional negotiators are racing to reach a government funding agreement by a March 14 deadline to avert a shutdown, as several key factors strain bipartisan talks. The government has been operating on stopgap funding measures and fiscal 2024 spending levels since last September.

The Trump administration is moving forward with a variety of costing cutting measures and the House is also considering three cost cutting bills of its own, Including the "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is Act.