“Senate Republicans are considering a defense-only party-line spending bill after getting the green light from President Donald Trump and paring down their lame-duck ambitions,” Semafor reports.Said Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND): “In my mind it’s crystal-clear — the narrower, the more likely. Even the most mean-spirited ogres among us can rationalize no pay-fors for defense if that’s what it comes to.”