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Dueling Stopgap Bills Raise Shutdown Risk in Congress
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9:15Now PlayingAlex Conant, partner at Firehouse Strategies, weighs in on the potential for a government shutdown as both parties pitch opposing stopgap funding plans.
House Republicans unveiled a stopgap spending bill to keep the US government open past an Oct. 1 shutdown deadline, daring Democrats to vote against the measure, which does not contain health-care policies they have demanded.
The short-term legislation would keep agencies operating through Nov. 21 and provide new funding for lawmaker, judicial and administration official security in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week.
It would need the votes of at least seven Senate Democrats to meet a 60-vote threshold to overcome procedural obstacles.
Republicans could also have trouble passing the bill in the House against Democratic opposition, given the party’s slender majority, despite public urging from President Donald Trump to stick together in support of interim funding.
The measure would provide $30 million for lawmakers to reimburse local police for security, as well as $30 million for executive branch security and $28 million for the judiciary.
The spending bill also contains a White House-requested provision to allow the District of Columbia to spend its own tax dollars. This was left out of the last stopgap bill, causing a funding shortfall for the District of $1 billion.
Before the measure was even released, four Republican House members signaled their objections. Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky said in a message he would vote against any stopgap bill unless it cut spending “which I doubt they are ready to do.”
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