Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanAt indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates Peterson faces fight of his career in deep-red Minnesota district MORE (R-Wis.) on Wednesday threw cold water on a Democratic push to fund ObamaCare subsidies in a must-pass spending bill needed to avert a government shutdown this week.

“We’re not doing that. That is not in the appropriation bill. That’s something separate that the administration does,” Ryan told reporters after meeting with rank-and-file Republicans.

Democratic negotiators have agreed to support $15 billion in additional military funding — half of President Trump’s original $30 billion request — but only if Republicans agree to use the omnibus spending package to fund ObamaCare insurer subsides, according to sources familiar with the talks.

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However, Ryan and top White House officials have argued that these federal healthcare subsidies, known as cost-sharing reduction payments or CSRs, should be handled by the administration rather than be a bargaining chip in spending-bill negotiations.

Democrats worry that leaving such decisions up to the administration risks the cancellation of the ObamaCare payments given that Republicans are fervently trying to gut the current healthcare law.

Funding for the government runs out late Friday night. In the closed-door GOP conference meeting, Ryan did not say whether Congress would need to pass a short-term stopgap measure by Friday to stave off a shutdown.

But GOP lawmakers emerging from the meeting in the Capitol’s basement said they anticipated a one- to two-week continuing resolution would be necessary to buy more time for negotiators.

“We’re getting really close. The administration, OMB, along with our appropriators are down to the last final things,” Ryan told reporters. “I think we’re making really good progress.”