TRUMP BUCKS GOP AND SIDES WITH DEMS ON DEBT CEILING AND FUNDING GOVERNMENT In a rebuke to Republican leaders, Trump backed Democrats' plan to support a deal that would fund Hurricane Harvey aid but only raise the debt ceiling for three months. Those two items would also be tied to a measure to keep the government open through the end of December, setting up a hugely complicated year end crush of must-pass items. Ignoring the advice of Republican congressional leadership and that of his own treasury secretary, Trump said he wanted a solution and supported the Democratic plan, according to a source briefed on a meeting that Trump held with congressional leaders Wednesday. -cnn.com, September 6, 2017 - 3:04pm http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/06/politics/trump-deal-democrats-republicans/index.html