With less than a week before federal spending laws expire, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Saturday unveiled a novel and uncertain plan to temporarily extend funding — but it’s already been rejected by the Senate and White House, increasing the odds of a government shutdown.
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on Saturday unveiled a novel and uncertain plan to temporarily extend funding — but it’s already been rejected by the Senate and White House, increasing the odds of a government shutdown.
“Separating out the CR from the supplemental funding debates places our conference in the best position to fight for fiscal responsibility, oversight over Ukraine aid, and meaningful policy changes at our Southern border,” Johnson said in a statement released on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on Friday called the staggered funding plan “the craziest, stupidest thing I’ve ever heard of.”
In May, McCarthy and Biden reached a deal to prevent a breach of the nation’s borrowing limit with just days to spare before a potentially cataclysmic impact on financial markets.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) took procedural steps on Friday to allow a funding bill to pass out of the upper chamber if the House doesn’t act.
The nearest analog is a 1991 CR that extended federal funding for around 45 days, but gave a single component — a provision that paid for the State Department and foreign operations — a slightly longer deadline to accommodate ongoing negotiations between then-President George H.W.
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