Bipartisan stopgap plan faces first hurdle: A conservative trio

Politico.com - For more and to sign up click here Congressional leaders' stopgap spending measure is about to face a common impediment to their bipartisan plans: a trio of conservatives on the Rules Committee. The panel is aiming to tee up a three-month funding patch Monday afternoon, a step typically needed to send legislation to the full House for a passage vote. But conservatives on the panel — Reps. Thomas…