Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has proposed a temporary government funding bill to avert a shutdown, dropping controversial provisions from his earlier plan.
Congress ional Democrats and Republicans have eight days to strike a funding deal before the government goes into a partial shutdown.Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced a new temporary government funding proposal with key amendments from the original bill he put forward earlier this month.
The new bill would fund the government through Dec. 20 and does not include any part of the SAVE Act, the Trump-backed election security proposal that would require people to show proof of citizenship to register as a voter. The previous version of Johnson's bill, which Trump preferred, was attached to the SAVE Act and would have funded the government through March 2025.on Sunday, Johnson said the"very narrow, bare-bones" proposal would include"only the extensions that are absolutely necessary" to avoid a government shutdown. Congressional Republicans and Democrats have eight days to strike a deal on government funding. If no resolution is reached, the government will go into"While this is not the solution any of us prefer, it is the most prudent path forward under the present circumstances," Johnson wrote in the letter."As history has taught and current polling affirms, shutting the government down less than 40 days from a fateful election would be an act of political malpractice."More than 700 former military and national security officials endorse Harris, say Trump is ‘impulsive and ill-informed'Secret Service blames poor planning, ‘complacency’ for its failure to stop Trump assassination attemptTrump Media closes at a new 52-week low on heavy trading after lockup expiresNorth Carolina GOP governor nominee Mark Robinson denies making racist and sexually graphic posts on porn forum The previous version of Johnson's bill would have funded the government through March 2025, meaning funding levels would already be set in place for the newly elected president and Congress. It also came with the SAVE Act attached.earlier this month that if Republicans"don't get absolute assurances on Election Security," they should not hesitate to shut the government down. But the six-month stopgap funding bill paired with the SAVE Act struggled to get off the ground within the House Republican caucus. Some GOP members were against any notion of funding the government on a temporary basis. Others took issue with specific funding allocations, which would have been fixed for six months if the bill passed. With a razor-thin majority in the House, Johnson could only afford to lose four GOP votes to pass the bill within his own chamber. "Since we fell a bit short of the goal line, an alternative plan is now required," Johnson wrote to his colleagues in the letter Sunday. Democrats also pledged to vote against the six-month bill coupled with the SAVE Act. That meant the proposal would have been dead on arrival in the Democrat-majority Senate. By dropping the SAVE Act and introducing a three-month bill, Johnson's new funding proposal reflects key compromises with Democrats.for a shorter-term proposal with no bills paired so that come January, the newly elected governing body could begin with a blank slate."We really now have some good news," Schumer said at a Sunday press conference, noting that a government shutdown would likely be avoided. "Now that the MAGA GOP bill has failed, it's clear that only a bipartisan budget bill will keep the government open," he added."This blazing red knot that MAGA has tied around the GOP has come loose." Johnson's concessions to Democrats could loom over his speakership. His predecessor, former Republican California Rep. Kevin McCarthy, became the first House speaker to be ousted from his post after he struck a deal with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown in October 2023.Why a 38-year-old earning a 6-figure salary doesn't have a college fund for her son: ‘I expect him to get his own money'
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