Originally Posted by eva02

GOP leaders pitched a spending plan on Friday that would keep the government open for two weeks beyond a Dec. 8 deadline. But Buck told IJR he and other House Republicans won't vote for a two-week continuing resolution out of fear the Senate would “jam through higher spending because they have our backs up against Christmas.”

Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) called for the continuing resolution to extend into January. “Does anything good happen a couple days before Christmas?” Meadows said. "Nothing good happens just a few days before Christmas. We are advocating, if there has to be a CR, it should be come [sic] due after Christmas.”