President-elect Donald Trump rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a government shutdown, insisting that Republicans renegotiate just days before funding runs out.
Trump's unrealistic proposal included a debt limit raise that his own party usually rejects, labeling anything else a betrayal of the country.
Democrats criticized Republicans for collapsing a bipartisan agreement, accusing them of undermining the working class by prompting a government shutdown.
With hard right conservatives opposing any increased spending, the 1,500-page funding bill looked set to collapse before lawmakers could vote.
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