Main Topic: Congress likely to pass a short-term government funding bill to avoid a shutdown this fall.
Key Points:
1. Speaker Kevin McCarthy believes a short-term funding bill is necessary due to lack of time for a full-year funding deal.
2. The length of the stopgap bill and policy terms still need to be agreed upon by congressional leaders.
3. The House and Senate are moving in different directions on appropriations, with the House seeking spending cuts and conservative policy provisions, while the Senate aims for bipartisan support and avoids controversial provisions.
Opposing GOP views on U.S. funding to Ukraine are setting up a showdown between Republicans in the House and Senate, with conservative members threatening a government shutdown if their demands are not included in the spending measure.
Republican lawmakers, particularly conservatives, are threatening to hold up government funding unless their demands on issues such as a border wall, investigations into the Biden family, and Ukraine aid are met, raising concerns about a potential government shutdown.
House GOP leaders are considering avoiding a government shutdown by approving a short-term continuing resolution instead of a massive bill to fund the Pentagon, as they face demands from hardliners for deeper spending cuts and specific funding levels.
Lawmakers in Congress have less than two weeks to reach a deal on funding the government past September 30, and there is a risk of a partial government shutdown if an agreement is not reached. Some GOP groups are discussing a 30-day stopgap spending patch with border security measures attached, but a shutdown is expected to be short-term.
Summary: House Republican leaders have announced a deal on a short-term spending patch to avoid a government shutdown, but the deal is facing opposition from conservative Republicans who are rejecting the proposed cuts to non-defense programs and GOP border policies.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer criticized the House GOP stopgap funding proposal for not including funding for Ukraine and accused Republicans of ignoring bipartisan solutions to keep the government open.
Speaker Kevin McCarthy's plan to pass a stopgap measure and prevent a government shutdown is facing opposition from the far-right flank of his Republican House majority, despite including hardline border security provisions.
The fight over how to avoid a government shutdown has caused fractures within the House GOP majority, with disagreements on whether a stopgap spending bill should be passed, leading to the cancellation of a procedural vote on the bill.
Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has suggested that he will support a bipartisan government funding bill only if another bipartisan bill, the Prevent Government Shutdowns Act, also gets a vote, which aims to prevent federal shutdowns by triggering a Continued Resolution that maintains federal spending at its current level.
The leaders of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus are considering all options, including a discharge petition, to force a vote on their alternative stopgap plan to avoid a government shutdown as funding is set to run out on September 30.
Warring factions within the Republican Party in the U.S. Congress have shown no signs of coming together to pass a stopgap funding bill, raising concerns of a government shutdown.
Senators from both parties are debating whether to include new military aid for Ukraine in a stopgap spending bill to prevent a government shutdown, with some Republicans concerned about complicating Speaker Kevin McCarthy's attempts to resolve the spending logjam.
The House and Senate are holding crucial votes to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the week, with disagreements between lawmakers over spending bills causing a divide, particularly among House Republicans.
The U.S. is on the verge of a government shutdown as Congress debates spending levels and aid to Ukraine, which could potentially affect government operations and federal workers' paychecks.
Senate leaders are taking control to avoid a government shutdown by advancing a stopgap funding bill, pressuring House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to bring it to the House floor for a vote.
The Senate has passed a bipartisan bill to extend funding and prevent a government shutdown, although it may not be sufficient to avoid a shutdown entirely.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has rejected a bipartisan Senate stopgap measure that funds the government and provides aid to Ukraine, citing the lack of border security measures.
The House and Senate are moving forward with their own government funding plans, with the Senate unveiling a bipartisan measure that extends funding through Nov. 17 and provides money for Ukraine and disaster relief, while House Republicans advanced four GOP-crafted full-year spending bills that will not prevent a shutdown.
House Republicans voted to open debate on a package of spending bills in an attempt to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the week, aiming to put themselves in a better negotiating position with Democrats and the White House; however, a federal shutdown is still likely given disagreements over funding levels and aid for Ukraine.
House Republicans reject a bipartisan Senate plan to fund the government and a government shutdown appears increasingly likely as the two chambers work against one another to reach an agreement on a short-term spending bill.
House Republicans are prepared to oppose a last-minute proposal for a temporary funding agreement in the Senate, leading to an increased likelihood of a government shutdown.
The deadline for the government shutdown is approaching quickly, but things are becoming more complicated at the Capitol as disagreements over Ukraine funding and border security provisions hinder progress on a compromise spending plan in the Senate.
Opponents of a Senate stopgap measure are delaying a vote, making a government shutdown increasingly likely as the midnight Sunday deadline approaches.
The U.S. government faces a partial shutdown if a bipartisan stopgap spending bill is not passed, leading to the closure of national parks, furloughs of federal workers, and suspension of regulatory activities, as a handful of hardline Republicans reject the bill.
The House of Representatives failed to pass a stopgap funding bill, leading to a potential government shutdown, with 21 Republican members of Congress voting against it.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has suggested passing a "clean" continuing resolution without Ukraine aid as a possible solution to avert a shutdown, but it is uncertain if such a measure will be put to a vote, as Republicans are still exploring other possibilities within their own party.
The Senate is set to reconvene on Saturday to vote on a bipartisan proposal to extend federal funding and prevent a government shutdown, however, the bill faces significant opposition in the Republican-controlled House, making a shutdown still likely.
House Republicans are in a funding standoff that may lead to a government shutdown, with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proposing a stopgap funding bill and facing threats from within his own party.
The House of Representatives passes a 45-day stopgap spending bill in a bipartisan vote, as the U.S. government is approaching a potential massive shutdown.
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a stopgap funding bill, which maintains current spending levels for 45 days, includes $16 billion in disaster relief, but excludes Ukraine aid and border policy changes, and the bill has been sent to the Senate for a vote.
President Joe Biden signed a stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown, but the absence of aid for Ukraine puts it in serious jeopardy.
The House and Senate passed a stopgap spending bill that averted a government shutdown, but did not include funding for Ukraine or GOP provisions on border security, leading to winners such as Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Ukraine aid opponents, as well as losers such as Rep. Matt Gaetz and fiscal conservatives.
Summary:
GOP Rep. Byron Donalds expressed uncertainty about whether he would vote to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy from his position as House Speaker, but acknowledged that McCarthy may be in danger of losing his leadership role due to distrust within the chamber; Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi advised Democrats to follow the lead of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on the potential vote to remove McCarthy; White House budget director Shalanda Young called on Congress to pass full-year funding bills and avoid another government shutdown; GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz announced his intention to file a motion to remove McCarthy as Speaker of the House, citing concerns about trustworthiness and broken promises; Ukrainian officials are working with the US government to secure funding for Ukraine in the new budget being worked on over the next 45 days; Speaker McCarthy avoided a government shutdown by relying on Democratic votes to pass a stopgap funding bill, prompting criticism from conservatives within his party who may attempt to remove him from his leadership position; Bipartisan Senate leaders pledged to vote on further funding for Ukraine in the coming weeks; Congress passed a short-term funding bill to prevent a government shutdown, but disagreements over funding for Ukraine and border security remain.
Congress passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through mid-November, avoiding a shutdown that would have had devastating effects, allowing federal workers to continue receiving pay and preventing disruptions to air travel and relief efforts in the wake of natural disasters.
President Biden criticized Republicans for bringing the nation close to a government shutdown but commended the passage of a short-term funding bill to prevent it, while urging Congress to pass a separate bill providing more aid to Ukraine.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized Congress for not including Ukraine aid in their stopgap measure, calling for spending cuts and arguing that funding for Ukraine is necessary to prevent war and counter the influence of Russia and China.
Lawmakers avoided a government shutdown by passing a 47-day stopgap funding measure, but will need to find a solution by November 17th to prevent a Thanksgiving shutdown, while House Speaker Kevin McCarthy faces threats to his position and potential removal from Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Congress averted a government shutdown with a temporary deal that keeps funding at current levels until Nov. 17, providing relief for millions of Americans and avoiding a potential furlough of federal employees and delayed food assistance programs, but leaving some, like House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, facing challenges and excluding additional U.S. aid to Ukraine.
Republican House speaker nominee Jim Jordan has proposed passing a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown, utilizing automatic cuts as leverage over Democrats, although some Republicans are skeptical of the plan.
The Senate has rejected an amendment aimed at preventing future government shutdowns by establishing a permanent stopgap spending measure if Congress fails to complete its appropriations work.
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are discussing options to avert a partial government shutdown, including extending funding through mid-January or mid-April to allow for more time to negotiate government funding bills through the fiscal year.
