White House won’t rule out short-term highway funding bill

The House earlier this week in a voice vote adopted language in the Interior bill banning the display of Confederate flags on National Park Service grounds.

The White House on Thursday all but called Republicans the party of racism.

The White House spokesman went on to say that “these are the same congressional Republicans who have declined to criticize the race-baiting rhetoric of a leading Republican presidential candidate” – a reference to Donald Trump and his claims that many migrants from Mexico are criminals and rapists.

Earnest also noted that one prominent Republican Senator, a nod to Presidential candidate Ted Cruz (R-Texas.), had embraced Trump’s assertion that undocumented immigrants spread crime. “I think that’s something that the American people themselves will consider as they evaluate the agenda that’s been advanced by Republicans in Congress”.

Praising the South Carolina legislature’s move to take down the controversial Confederate flag from its perch near the statehouse, Earnest remarked that congressional Republicans “seem to have values and priorities that lie elsewhere”.

Cory Fritz, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Earnest distorted the chamber’s Confederate flag debate.

Earnest later clarified that he wasn’t explicitly saying the GOP has a problem with race. Overnight there was some drama on Capitol Hill over an amendment proposed by a Republican to roll back some of the restrictions about Confederate flags on federal land.

Indiana President Barack Obama would better prefer a lengthy funding blueprint for You can introduce.S. street noise, paths and connects, but he would not ever rule out approving a short-term wasting mend as soon as the existing short-term authority dies and this month, a White House spokesperson said on Thursday.