Speaker Johnson says House will not approve ‘Christmas omnibus’
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) has pledged that the House will not approve a single giant bill for government-wide funding in December, a scenario that conservatives fear, even though a stopgap bill that expires Dec. 20 is expected to pass the House this week. “There will be no Christmas comprehensive bill,” Johnson said at a […]
Freedom Caucus pushes for stopgap into 2025 to avoid omnibus
The House Freedom Caucus has adopted a formal position in support of passing a continuing resolution to extend government funding past the Sept. 30 end-of-year deadline through early 2025, with the intention of avoiding a year-end omnibus bill that could favor Democrats. The move by hardline conservative groups amounts to a warning about a fight […]