Top Republicans are digging in their heels against restricting President Trump’s powers in funding negotiations with Democrats, as both sides struggle to strike a deal to avert a government shutdown next month.

House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told reporters on Wednesday that “substantial differences” remain between both parties as Congress stares down a March 14 deadline to pass legislation to keep the government running.

“Not so much on numbers, but over the presidential power issue with the Democrats, differences between the House and Senate,” Cole explained.

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