The US House of Representatives’ Rules Committee on Saturday voted 9-2 to tee up four appropriations bills for debate on the full House floor, the latest move in Republicans’ last-ditch bid to prevent government shutdowns after a September 30 deadline.
A short-term spending bill, known as a continuing resolution, will almost certainly be needed to avert many federal agencies from suspending operations when existing monies expire in a week. A group of far-right Republicans has fought against this, seeing it as endorsing government spending they consider too high.
“The goal is to try to move as many [bills] as possible to show the good faith effort on both sides” of the Republican caucus, Representative Marc Molinaro, a moderate freshman Republican, told reporters on Friday.
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