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The legislation extends funding for agencies covered under the four appropriations bills that were set to lapse after Friday to March 1, and funding covered under the remaining eight bills that are poised
The chamber voted 68-13 to end debate on the motion to proceed to the shell legislative vehicle for the stopgap spending measure, which would run to March 1 for four of the dozen annual appropriations
Congressional leaders released text of the new short-term patch that would continue current spending rates for federal agencies through March 1 and March 8, keeping the same bifurcated deadline structure
If full-year appropriations aren’t enacted by then, the law would trigger a 1 percent cut to defense accounts and a 5 percent cut to nondefense programs.
One option under consideration is a stopgap that would go until March 1, which would allow ample time for appropriators to get their work done.
On Friday, the Pentagon told lawmakers the last $1 billion in security assistance would be delivered at the end of the year.
The exact level of defense spending in a full-year CR remains unclear; it could be flat-funded or subject to a 1 percent haircut, depending on the White House budget office’s eventual interpretation.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a news conference on abortion rights in the Capitol on Nov. 1.
both sides The debt limit law included a mechanism intended to impose pain felt on both sides of the aisle if by next spring Congress is still passing temporary CRs for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1,
If all appropriations bills are not enacted by Jan. 1, the law’s statutory caps would reset to fiscal 2023 levels minus 1 percent.
of the 12 fiscal 2024 appropriations bills is not enacted by Jan. 1.Â
In all, the Pentagon has more than $5 billion in authority to continue transferring weapons to Ukraine and around $1 billion to backfill defense equipment that has already been sent abroad.
Other extensions The measure would extend most lapsed farm bill programs through Sept. 30, 2024, retroactive to the beginning of this fiscal year on Oct. 1.Â
Utah connection Owens is a staunch conservative who was first elected in 2020 by just 1 percentage point over Democratic incumbent Ben McAdams in the Salt Lake City-area district.Â
The surprise proposal was the latest wrinkle in a delayed appropriations process for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, as some in a divided GOP conference seek additional spending cuts.
In November, Davis got wiped out by Calvin Coolidge by almost a 2-to-1 margin in the popular vote.
During an interview on Fox’s "Sunday Morning Futures" program, Johnson appeared to endorse the mid-January CR option, paired with possibly moving up the start date of 1 percent across-the-board cuts in
"Johnson was picked by only 1 percent as the person they most want as the next speaker, from a lengthy list." But Donald Trump sure knew Johnson.
HR 1, the Lower Energy Costs Act, is a prime example of a House Republican legislative success that addressed a top economic concern of voters.
Kiggans said she opposed Jordan out of worry about a government shutdown and his plan to leverage potential 1 percent appropriations cuts next spring, which would hit the defense budget.