Speaker Johnson eyes Wednesday vote on stopgap funding plan
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, announced Tuesday that he was considering holding a vote Wednesday on a partisan stopgap bill that he was forced to withdraw from the floor last week due to widespread GOP opposition. The move is risky: Johnson faced growing resistance last week to his plan, which combines a six-month continuing resolution […]
Secret Service could get more funding in stopgap spending bill: Schumer
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, announced Monday that Senate Democrats are willing to provide more funding to the Secret Service after former President Trump was the target of a second assassination attempt over the weekend. Schumer said he spoke with Acting Director of the Secret Service Ronald Rowe Jr. on Sunday after the […]
Republicans push for clean stopgap as leaders regroup on shutdown plan
A growing number of House Republicans say they know how the current government funding fray will end: a clear continuing resolution to extend the shutdown beyond Election Day. The question is how Congress reached that conclusion. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, backed away from plans to vote on a conservative budget bill on Wednesday after […]
Johnson yanks stopgap bill
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Speaker Mike Johnson Yanks Vote on Stop-Gap Spending Bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, announced Wednesday he would postpone a vote on a stopgap spending bill because all Republicans in the House are opposed to the measure. Johnson said A stopgap spending bill that would have funded the government until March 28 was delayed because Republican leaders needed to work on “consensus building” through […]
Trump: GOP shouldn't pass budget stopgap without 'assurances on Election Security'
Former President Trump on Tuesday appeared to further impede congressional Republican plans for an already shaky government funding bill, directing Republicans to oppose any measure that doesn't include “assures about election security.” “Unless House and Senate Republicans can get absolute assurances about the security of our elections, they should not move forward with a continuing […]
House GOP unveils stopgap plan to avert government shutdown
House Republicans on Friday unveiled a long-awaited plan to avert a government shutdown that is sure to anger Democrats and is already drawing skepticism from some Republicans. of 46-page plan The bill would keep the government funded through March 2025 while adding language tightening citizenship requirements to vote, setting the stage for a budget showdown […]
Mike Johnson May Attach Proof-of-Citizenship Voting Law to Stop-Gap Spending Bill
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and House Republican leadership are reportedly discussing attaching a bill to require proof of citizenship to vote to a stopgap spending bill. If Congress cannot pass a spending bill, the federal government will shut down on Sept. 30. Congressional leaders are looking at a short-term spending bill that would fund […]
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 […]
Republicans back stopgap spending bill into 2025 in anticipation of GOP wins
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