The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee is rejecting the idea of a stopgap spending bill to fund the government at current levels through the remainder of the fiscal year.

That proposal is being pushed by President Trump, who endorsed a “clean” continuing resolution (CR) last week, and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who blanketed the Sunday news shows over the weekend to back Trump’s plan.

But Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) has other ideas. The ranking member of the Appropriations panel, DeLauro has been in talks for months with the top appropriators in both parties and both chambers in search of a deal on 2025 spending. On Tuesday, she rejected the idea of abandoning those talks for a long-term continuation of 2024 levels.

“A one-year CR is a........

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