The Senate on Thursday passed a continuing resolution (CR), the fourth of the year to avert a government shutdown scheduled for Friday, and sent it to President Joe Biden for his signature.
Neither the House nor the Senate has fully repealed any of the 12 spending bills needed to fund the government for fiscal year 2024, resulting in multiple resolutions to avert a government shutdown since Sept. 30. . No bill has passed since the last such rule, leaving the House to pass another rule extending the closure deadline until March 8, which the Senate passed by a majority on Thursday. 77 in favor, 13 against. (Related: House passes continuing resolution to delay government shutdown)
“I'm pleased that tonight, Democrats reached an agreement with Republicans to pass a temporary extension of government funding,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor before the bill was passed. “This agreement is an important step because it not only avoids Friday's shutdown, but also clears the way for us to pass the first six spending bills next week. We want to move quickly.”
Read the text of the continuing resolution here.
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The CR extends expiration dates for federal funding to sectors such as agriculture, energy, Veterans Affairs, transportation, and housing and urban development until March 8. Funding for remaining departments and independent agencies will expire on March 22nd.
Under the previous CR, passed on January 18, government funding was supposed to expire on March 1 for the first sector and March 8 for the other sectors. On Wednesday, Congressional leaders from both caucuses in both chambers released a joint statement setting out a timeline for completing the appropriations process in 2024.
“Negotiators reached agreement on six bills: Agriculture – FDA, Commerce – Justice and Science, Energy and Water Development, Interior, Military Construction – VA, and Transportation – HUD. After preparing the final document, six full-term This package of spending bills is expected to be voted on and signed into law by March 8. These bills will comply with the Fiscal Responsibility Act's discretionary spending limits and the January top-line spending agreement.” the leaders said in a statement. press release Published by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. “The remaining six spending bills (Defense, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor/HHS, Legislature, National and Foreign Operations) are expected to be finalized, voted on, and enacted by March 22nd. It is.”
The Democratic-led Senate and Republican-led House are challenging both the bill's provisions and the overall spending levels of the 2024 appropriations process. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Schumer announced an agreement on January 7 on provisions that would ensure the bill passes both chambers, but many conservative Republicans in the House opposed it.
We agreed to pass a funding extension tonight, avoiding Friday's shutdown and paving the way for the first six spending bills next week.
The Good Lord gave us an extra day this February
Senators, let's get the job done and don't drag tonight's vote into March.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 1, 2024
“I don't believe that this group of people here was really serious about the appropriations process,” Arizona Republican Rep. Eli Crane told the Daily Caller News Foundation on February 14.・Told the News Foundation. I was irritated. The truth is, this is not a conservative conference. ”
Shortly before the vote, CR's opponent, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, introduced an amendment to the bill, which was defeated by a majority vote. 37 agree to 53 disagree. Other amendments by Republican senators. roger marshall Kansas and mike lee The Utah State Legislature sent a bill to the Senate Appropriations Committee to draft a year-round CR, but it was defeated by a wide margin.
The Fourth Amendment bill by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas) sought to add HR2 to the Secure Borders Act, which was passed by the Republican-led House of Representatives in May 2023, but it was rejected by a majority vote. . 32 agree to 58 disagree.
“I'm really happy that there's a clear consensus that no one wants a government shutdown,” the Senate Appropriations Chairman said. “We can keep the full-year funding bill on track.” Patty Murray stands on the Senate floor. “I am very confident that with more bipartisan cooperation, we can finally, finally, get a bill for FY24 together.”
The White House did not respond to requests for comment.
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