House GOP Adds CHIP To Must-Pass Govt. Funding Bill

House Republicans on Wednesday (Dec. 13) added the CHIP bill they already passed, including partisan offsets, to a must-pass bill to fund the government until Jan. 19. However, lobbyists and Democratic aides said Senate Democrats and Republicans are still negotiating a government-spending deal and the addition of the House's CHIP bill to the continuing resolution doesn't indicate that they've reached an agreement. The two parties in both chambers agree on Children's Health Insurance Program policy, but in the House the...