House Republicans on Saturday unveiled their stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown set to begin next weekend. But with just five legislative days left until the deadline, Congress has little room for error.
Just two and a half weeks into the job, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., opted to go with a two-step continuing resolution, or CR, over a more typical funding extension covering the entire federal government. The untested funding approach is aimed at appeasing far-right agitators in his GOP conference who despise CRs.
The House is expected to vote as early as Tuesday to give members 72 hours to read the text of the bill, according to two people familiar with matter. The plan does not include budget cuts or aid for Israel.
Under the two-step strategy — which Johnson and others have dubbed a “laddered CR” but which others have likened to a step stool — several spending bills needed to keep the government open would catch a ride on a short-term bill until Jan. 19, while the remaining bills would go on a CR until Feb. 2.
Senate already said absolutely not. They don’t want to shut down different agencies one at a time during an election year,
Hes settling on a shutdown
What a plan, inflating one of the tires on the bike…
Is it adhere to the budget you all already passed? Is it to be responsible for once?
Give them nothing and let them take the blame like they always do.
This way they can sell the idea that liberals got on a higher and higher rung before doing a backflip body slam on thier plans?
