#Conservatives are typically loath to sign off on any #government spending patch aimed at averting a #shutdown, slamming those stopgaps as further evidence of a broken Washington [as they cause the breakage] stuck on a woeful fiscal trajectory.
#Shutdown deadline passes as #Senate votes on spending bill
The #House already passed the $1.2T bill. Funding for parts of the #FederalGovernment expired at 12:01AM Sat — but the Senate was working its way through a series of amendments to fund agencies for the next 6 months, which means the lapse in funding could end before fed #workers come in Mon.
The #legislation’s passage in the #Senate is not in doubt — it has the support of President #Biden (cuz it’s better than nothing), Senate Majority Leader Chuck #Schumer & Minority Leader Mitch #McConnell. But a single senator can throw up procedural roadblocks & push the govt past the #shutdown deadline….
…>½ of #IRS employees would face furloughs at the height of #tax filing season. #Border Patrol officers & about 1.3M active-duty #military#service members would remain on the job #withoutPay.
#TSA screeners would remain on the job #withoutPay, many of whom called in sick as a #protest after a previous #shutdown dragged on for wks, sparking nationwide #travel delays.
It would also leave #Congress w/few alternate paths to fund the govt. A likely last resort would have been another #stopgap resolution to preserve existing #funding, potentially triggering #cuts to #defense spending.
Rep #KenCalvert, top #Republican on #Defense Appropriations. “Every member must understand the impact of not passing this package. The only other option will be a full CR which will devastate our #NationalSecurity & put our country at #risk.”
The bipartisan bill emerged one day before the federal funding deadline, & it was not clear whether Congress could complete it in time to avoid a partial #shutdown after midnight on Friday.
Congressional Leaders Strike Deal on Final Spending Bill Ahead of #GovernmentShutdown
Lawmakers resolved disputes over #DHS funding, paving the way for an agreement. But they may still be unable to meet a Friday deadline to avert a brief partial #shutdown.
Any number of senators may create procedural hurdles for the bill’s passage & demand votes on proposed changes or object to its quick consideration. Those tactics could push passage past 12:01AM on Sat, when funding expires.
Late last yr, #MikeJohnson chopped the spending process in half, creating 2 partial govt #Shutdown deadlines instead of 1, in an effort to avoid asking members to take a single vote on a huge catchall to fund the entire govt, which #Republicans have objected to repeatedly.
#WWSS report describes how salmon farms on #BCcoast have impacted whales, orcas, seals, sea lions, birds, herring, sharks & wild salmon going back as far as the 1990s.
Die Einigung kam wie so oft kurz vor knapp: Der US-Kongress hat einem Haushaltsgesetz zugestimmt und damit einen Teil-Shutdown verhindert. In einigen Bereichen muss aber noch ein Kompromiss gefunden werden.
The #Senate was expected to take up & pass the bill easily, sending it to President #Biden in time for it to become #law before a midnight deadline on Fri.
The measure would package together 6 spending bills, extending funding through Sept 30 for dozens of federal programs covering #agriculture, #energy & the #environment, #transportation, #housing, the #DOJ & #veterans. Top lawmakers were still negotiating spending bills for the other half of the #government over the same period, including for the #Pentagon, which #Congress must pass by March 22 to avert a lapse in #funding.
The package totals ~$460B, a better-late-than-never agreement reached …after months of delays, negotiations & stopgaps that took the govt to the brink of a #shutdown mult times…. #Republicans said they hope to limit nondefense spending in fiscal yr 2024 to ~$704B, $40B less than fiscal yr 2023. #House & #Senate ldrs had already agreed earlier this yr to spend ~$1.7T in …discretionary spending, which includes domestic prgms & #military spending but not …prgms such as #SocialSecurity & #Medicare.
Haushaltsstreit: US-Kongress wendet Shutdown vorerst ab
In den USA hat der Kongress einen teilweisen Regierungsstillstand verhindert. Das verabschiedete Gesetz ist aber nur eine Übergangslösung. Der monatelange Haushaltssstreit schwelt weiter.
The House on Thurs approved #legislation to extend the expiration date for #FederalFunding later into March, sending the measure to prevent a partial govt shutdown that was set for Sat to the #Senate, where it is expected the pass.
Another, larger #shutdown cliff awaits just a wk later, when funds for the rest of the govt, including the #Defense & #State depts, will also expire, unless #Congress acts.
But Thursday’s bill would push the funding deadline for several agencies — including the depts of #Veterans Affairs, #Transportation, #Energy, #Agriculture, #Interior, #Housing & #UrbanDevelopment, & the #EPA — until Mar 8. Finances for the rest of the federal govt would expire on Mar 22, 2 wks later than under current #law.
Lawmakers warned about the threat of a brief #shutdown at the end of the week given Congress’s tight schedule.
House members are not slated to return to Washington until Wednesday night and the Senate could face delays if rabble-rousers like Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., try to block speedy passage of a funding measure.
"On Wednesday, the House Freedom Caucus published a letter threatening a government shutdown in which it outlines a number of policies that are needed to supposedly avert such a result. Listed among these policies are restrictions on gender affirming care, transgender participation in sports, DEI programs, and defunding Planned Parenthood."