Bipartisan bill to end government shutdowns puts Democrats in bind

  • 📰 Newsweek
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 57 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 26%
  • Publisher: 52%

Loans Loans Headlines News

Loans Loans Latest News,Loans Loans Headlines

Moderate and progressive Democrats are clashing over whether a bill preventing government shutdowns truly serves the American people's best interest.

of New Hampshire, would stop federal shutdowns if spending agreements are not reached by the year's deadline.

It would do so by triggering a Continued Resolution that would maintain federal spending at its current level and institute mandates that limit official travel, congressional recesses, and the consideration of legislation unrelated to spending until the government funding process is complete. "If we get the vote, it'd be really interesting to see how anybody can explain voting no," Johnson toldThe government will go into shutdown on October 1 ifcannot pass its 12 annual spending measures. The trajectory toward shutdown worsened when Johnson prevented the bills funding the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development from coming to votes.

Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer, pictured here at the at the U.S. Capitol on November 29, 2022, has not brought the bipartisan bill preventing government shutdowns to the floor for a vote. Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut said he opposes the bill because it could lead to a future where the status quo inhibits the funding of government programs in need of additional cash.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 468. in LOANS

Loans Loans Latest News, Loans Loans Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Moderate CAD recovery potential against the USD in the medium termInterest rate expectations and the market's optimism about the US economy are key drivers of the upward trend in USD/CAD since July. Economists at Com
Source: FXStreetNews - 🏆 14. / 72 Read more »