2y ago

Congress on track to avoid a shutdown as House passes two-tier spending bill

www.npr.org /2023/11/14/1212856464/house-will-vote-on-speaker-mike-johnsons-plan-to-avert-a-government-shutdown

The House voted overwhelmingly to approve a GOP-led spending bill that would set two separate funding deadlines next year.

4 comments

What are the four departments that would be covered?
- The CR provides funding through January 19, 2024, for agencies and programs that were funded in the following four FY2023 appropriations acts:
  the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023;
  the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023;
  the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; and
  the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023.
  For most other federal agencies and programs, the CR provides funding through February 2, 2024.
  You can read the whole thing here.
- Four departments are covered thru Jan 19, and the rest are covered thru 2 Feb. As for which four departments, I have seen a number listed in various places, all third party posts, but nothing official.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The House voted overwhelmingly, 336 to 95, to approve an unusual two-tier spending bill to keep some government offices open through mid-January while others would operate through the beginning of February.
But caucus leadership got behind the bill Tuesday afternoon, citing the fact that it funded the government at current levels, was "devoid of harmful cuts and free of extreme right-wing policy riders."
While the bill does not include any money for Israel, Ukraine, border security and other foreign policy priorities that Biden requested in a package worth more than $105 billion, the White House remains optimistic that there's enough bipartisan support to advance, according to the official.
Johnson, R-La., took the unconventional approach of splitting the deadlines for the spending bills in part to appease a bloc of House conservatives who first floated the plan.
The conservative House Freedom Caucus came out against the plan Tuesday morning, writing that it "contains no spending reductions, no border security, and not a single meaningful win for the American people."
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Johnson acknowledged conservative concerns, but called his two-step plan an "important innovation" that would avoid a last-minute omnibus bill passed at the end of the year.
The original article contains 511 words, the summary contains 198 words. Saved 61%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!