The federal fiscal year begins Oct. 1, and so too could a government shutdown. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy must pass a bipartisan spending package to avoid one.
to pass some sort of interim spending bill that keeps the federal lights on for a few weeks, if not a couple months. And the only tangible recipe to make that work? A Band-Aid bill can only pass with a coalition of Democrats and Republicans.
"We all agreed a CR is the best way to go," Schumer said of a meeting he had with McCarthy about government funding."He’s going to have a rough time implementing it." House conservatives will bray if McCarthy defaults to that position – even if he goes through the proper motions to appeal to the right on impeachment, spending cuts or border policy. However, McCarthy likely needs to embrace some of these appeals by the right if he wants to stay in good graces with theThat’s why the crystal ball can’t predict if there might be a government shutdown.The current breakdown in the House features 222 Republicans to 212 Democrats with one vacancy.
That said, there is a way to skate around the Rules Committee on a CR that simply renews all old funding on a temporary basis.The House can bypass the Rules Committee by putting a"privileged" Continuing Resolution on the floor after Sept. 15."Privileged" means the resolution is written in a manner that whisks it to the front of the legislative line.
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