- House releases a stopgap funding bill through March 28
- Measure includes GOP bill to require proof of citizenship for voters
House Republicans offered up a partisan stopgap funding plan on Friday with a contentious voting bill attached. The move all but guarantees the legislation wonāt survive and sets the stage for a tense back and forth with only a few weeks to avert a shutdown.
Lawmakers released aĀ continuing resolutionĀ that would mostly keep government funding level through March 28, nearly six months into the 2025 fiscal year. The CRĀ includes the SAVE Act (H.R. 8281), a House Republican bill to require proof of citizenship to vote.
The stopgap would meet a Biden administration request for nearly $2 billion in Navy shipbuilding funds for Virginia-class submarines. The temporary measure would allow some small funding changes, including more spending by agencies with presidential campaign and transition duties, including the Secret Service.
Current federal dollars run out on Sept. 30 and federal agencies would be forced to shutdown without a funding plan in place on Oct. 1.
Even with a CR, many agencies still could not use stopgap funds to start new projects or issue new federal contracts when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
The March date is a victory for hard-line conservatives who have pushed for a deadline into the next calendar year, when they hope to have taken control of the Senate and White House while keeping control of the House. Other top lawmakers, including House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.), have said it would be better to finish funding work by December, rather than saddling the next president with a potential shutdown.
The GOP proof-of-citizenship bill is widely seen as a messaging maneuver destined for rejection by the Democratic-controlled Senate. House Republicans may seek to pass the partisan bill with few Democratic votes before negotiating a bipartisan measure.
āI donāt think thereāll be a shutdown risk at all,ā Rep. Larry Buchson (R-Ind.) said Friday in a brief interview.
Lawmakers may eventually compromise on a shorter CR that drops the voting bill rather than risk a shutdown ahead of the November election.
ā With assistance fromĀ Maeve Sheehey.
House Releases Funding Stopgap Into March, With Election Bill
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September 12, 2024 3:01 am
House Republicans offered up a partisan stopgap funding plan on Friday with a contentious voting bill attached. The move all but guarantees the legislation wonāt survive and sets the stage for a tense back and forth with only a few weeks to avert a shutdown.
Lawmakers released aĀ continuing resolutionĀ that would mostly keep government funding level through March 28, nearly six months into the 2025 fiscal year. The CRĀ includes the SAVE Act (H.R. 8281), a House Republican bill to require proof of citizenship to vote.
The stopgap would meet a Biden administration request for nearly $2 billion in Navy shipbuilding funds for Virginia-class submarines. The temporary measure would allow some small funding changes, including more spending by agencies with presidential campaign and transition duties, including the Secret Service.
Current federal dollars run out on Sept. 30 and federal agencies would be forced to shutdown without a funding plan in place on Oct. 1.
Even with a CR, many agencies still could not use stopgap funds to start new projects or issue new federal contracts when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
The March date is a victory for hard-line conservatives who have pushed for a deadline into the next calendar year, when they hope to have taken control of the Senate and White House while keeping control of the House. Other top lawmakers, including House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.), have said it would be better to finish funding work by December, rather than saddling the next president with a potential shutdown.
The GOP proof-of-citizenship bill is widely seen as a messaging maneuver destined for rejection by the Democratic-controlled Senate. House Republicans may seek to pass the partisan bill with few Democratic votes before negotiating a bipartisan measure.
āI donāt think thereāll be a shutdown risk at all,ā Rep. Larry Buchson (R-Ind.) said Friday in a brief interview.
Lawmakers may eventually compromise on a shorter CR that drops the voting bill rather than risk a shutdown ahead of the November election.
ā With assistance fromĀ Maeve Sheehey.