Latest update: With days left and the parties to a potential deal growing further apart rather than closer, a partial government shutdown starting October 1 is more likely than ever. It seems like it is.
When Congress reconvened on Tuesday, House Republican leaders began taking steps to elicit enough support from the far right to pass the budget through the chamber with only Republican votes. Those measures included raising the prospect of even deeper spending cuts, except for Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, than an earlier proposal to maintain funding for agencies through Nov. 1. .
An earlier version of that had been blocked by resistance from that group’s six groups, the Freedom Caucus, which advocated for even more social policy provisions, while they instead announced last week the usual He asked the House to vote on the spending bill. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California and other Republican leaders blocked an attempt to introduce one of these bills targeting the Pentagon.
In a further concession to these demands, these leaders plan to vote on several general spending bills this week, remaining steadfast in their policy of passing spending bills with only Republican votes. However, it remains unclear whether these bills will be passed.
Even if it did, it would not address the immediate issue of the expiration of spending authority at the end of the 2023 fiscal year at midnight Saturday. Neither short-term nor regular spending bills originally drafted by House Republicans have had a chance at passage in the Senate or approval by the White House, and digging deeper into these bills to satisfy House factions will only intensify opposition. right.
Meanwhile, the Senate has begun preparing more standard measures in these situations, continuing funding for government agencies, primarily at fiscal year 2023 levels, through the end of the year. As such, it has little chance of passing in the House with Republican votes alone.
Attempts to pass such a bill on a bipartisan basis in the House are possible through a legislative action known as a discharge petition, which ends the normal process for bringing a bill to a vote. But under House rules, the shutdown could not begin until next week. If more such legislation is passed, it could spark further unrest as far-right movements seek to remove Mr. McCarthy.
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