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How Close Is the Senate to 60 Votes on a Spending Bill?
The stopgap bill aims to extend federal funding through November 20, delaying the shutdown deadline and allowing time for final appropriations, including $58 million for emergency security funding.
- This week the House aims to pass a stopgap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown, with Republican leaders advancing a Continuing Resolution freezing funding for seven weeks and postponing the deadline to Nov. 20.
- Democratic leaders oppose a 'clean' CR without health care provisions and risk shutdown, while House and Senate Democrats press Republican majorities to extend expanded Obamacare Premium Tax Credits; Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said attaching such measures may not be feasible before month end.
- The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet Wednesday to advance at least 32 nominees, while the White House requested $58 million emergency funding for executive and judicial security.
- With only two scheduled session days for Congress the following week, Republican lawmakers need at least seven Democratic senators to support the CR, and if Reps. Thomas Massie and Victoria Spartz stay opposed, House passage remains likely.
- The House aims to pass a stopgap bill to fund the government past October 1, postponing the shutdown to November 20, with some legislation on D.C. oversight and judicial nominations.
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How close is the Senate to 60 votes on a spending bill?
(NEXSTAR) - Congress has seven working days left to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month. Republicans are considering a stopgap spending bill that would maintain current spending levels through November, and Texas Sen. John Cornyn says would allow more time for negotiations. "This is not ideal but it's better than shutting down the government," Cornyn (R-TX) said. Any spending bill needs at least 60 votes in the Senate. But Se…
Speaker Johnson: CR May Include Funding for Legislative Security
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Monday told reporters that a stopgap bill to keep the government funded past the Oct. 1 deadline could include a measure providing additional security to legislators following the murder of conservative leader Charlie Kirk last week. When asked on Monday about progress toward either a full budget bill or a continuing resolution, Johnson said that although legislators had hoped to pass something before taking…
Watauga Democrat
House GOP leaders to drop details of government funding stopgap as soon as today
(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers will soon release the text of a federal funding stopgap bill, marking the fourth time in a row that Congress has punted on financing government agencies properly.
Congress Has Few Working Days to Stop Shutdown
Congress has 16 calendar days before the Sept. 30 funding deadline, but the actual timeline is tighter. The House and Senate are each scheduled to be in session for less than half — seven — of those days. Anxiety on Capitol Hill is surging as lawmakers approach the end of the fiscal year without a plan to fund the government. The House voted last week to go to conference with the Senate on three appropriations bills, but they wouldn’t fund the e…
Government funding and more nominations headline this week in Congress
This week the House aims to pass a stopgap funding bill designed to avoid a government shutdown at least into November, ahead of next week’s recess for Rosh Hashana. There are only two scheduled session days for Congress the following week, with the fiscal year ending on Sept. 30, a day ahead of Yom Kippur. So there’s ample incentive to try to get as much done as possible before the end of the current week. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., when aske…
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