Senators on both sides of the aisle are quietly hopeful about avoiding a third government shutdown this year. Why it matters: Time is short, patience is wearing thin and neither party wants to head into the campaign's final sprint under the cloud of a funding lapse. - "People understand that it would be helpful to have a [continuing resolution] that extends beyond the election," Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) told Axios. "So it doesn't get all bound up in partisan discussions around the elections." - "I just think everybody's trying to give ourselves room to find a bipartisan agreement, and we are not there yet," Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) told Axios. - Asked whether the vibes were positive, Schatz replied: "Not negative." Republicans…
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wants to hold a conspicuously early vote on a short-term funding bill next week — more than two months before the government runs out of money. Why it matters: Johnson may be setting himself up to win in September by losing in July. - A failed vote on a short-term spending stopgap could potentially strengthen the GOP leader's hand in another difficult challenge: securing $67 billion for the Pentagon to replenish its munitions through the reconciliation process , according to conservative lawmakers. An early defeat on a continuing resolution would give Johnson a pretext to shoehorn a spending stopgap bill into a September reconciliation package. - Call it Reconciliation 3.0 Plus. - "The Dems know,…
The plan would fund DHS, except for immigration enforcement, through September. Republicans would then try to fund the whole agency for three years using a tactic that would not need Democratic votes.
The president's signature comes just hours after the House sent the legislation, which includes a continuing resolution to keep the Department of Homeland Security funded through Feb. 13, to Trump's desk.
The House on Tuesday is voting on a five-bill minibus and two-week continuing resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which would end the partial government shutdown. An earlier razor-thin procedural vote underscored GOP loyalty to President Trump amid his efforts to unify the party—and despite Senate conservatives efforts to sink the package. It also further exemplified Democrats’ fury over the deadly shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5718985-live-updates-trump-government-shutdown-colombia/ https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5720415-gop-leaders-secure-votes/
The Senate approved a funding package last week to pass five of the remaining six appropriations bills, with a continuing resolution for the DHS package.
