McConnell Expects to Cut Budget Deal, Avert Shutdown

McConnell Expects to Cut Budget Deal, Avert Shutdown-rollcall: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that funding the government is the top challenge facing him when he returns to the Capitol next week. The Kentucky Republican said he would work with the White House to come up with budget levels to keep the government open past Sept. 30, conceding that President Barack Obama won’t sign a measure with a rider defunding Planned Parenthood.