THE HILL: House GOP unveils spending cuts for 2016.

House Republican appropriators on Wednesday approved spending preliminary allocations for fiscal 2016 that stick to the overall $1.017 trillion cap under sequestration by slashing billions from government agencies.

“As we all know, we’re operating under a very constrained budget this year,” said Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), who described the allocations as “fair and balanced.”

Rogers said the panel prioritized funding and made “tough choices” to balance out budgetary increases.

Appropriators are proposing to cut funding next year in the following funding bills: Financial Services and General Government; Labor Department, Health and Human Services, and Education; and Interior and the Environment.

The figures point to a brewing conflict between the GOP-led Congress and the White House that could lead to another government shutdown fight in October.

Can we just shut it down and leave it that way?