Posted 11/28/2023, 10:00:00 AM
Congress Faces Ticking Clock and Internal Divisions on Spending Bills Before Shutdown Deadline
- No appropriations bills scheduled for a House floor vote this week, leaving little time before January 19 government funding deadline
- Conservative Republicans demanding all 12 appropriations bills be passed individually, but opposing some of those bills
- Disagreements over spending cuts, social policies leading some bills to fail or get pulled from votes
- Moderate Republicans also starting to flex votes to object to conservative demands
- House and Senate very far apart on spending levels and strategy, complicating efforts to avoid a shutdown