Republicans Reportedly Attach Policy Demands in Deal to End Shutdown

Send White House a list of options

House Republicans offered a plan to raise the U.S. debt limit and end a partial government shutdown that would require the president to accept policy conditions attached to a spending measure, said two congressional aides.

Republicans sent a list of policy options to the White House following a meeting yesterday, said the aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity. President Barack Obama has insisted that he won't accept conditions for ending the shutdown, which is in its 11th day.

"There will be some matters that we're discussing now that would be added to that, hopefully," Representative Hal Rogers of Kentucky, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said in an interview today. "I hope there's specific matters but that's under discussion."