Both sides of the Iisle, House & Senate, are Digging in their Heels despite Dwindling Time to Strike-a-Deal to Avert a Government Shutdown.
House Republicans are aiming to Unveil a mostly “clean,” short-term funding patch to keep the government open come Oct. 1st, but without Major Concessions on Health Care that Democrats in both Chambers are Demanding be Part of a Stopgap Measure. Pressed on the Matter Monday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA, 4th District) told Reporters, “that’s a December policy issue, not a September funding issue.”
Democrats have been Pushing for Lawmakers to Address a Looming, End-of-Year Deadline to Stave-Off the Expiration of Affordable Care Act Tax Credits, while also Targeting Medicaid Changes included in Trump’s (R) Tax and Spending Bill that Passed Congress earlier this month.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY, 8th District), meanwhile, poured Cold Water on the Idea of a “Clean” Funding Stopgap, also known as a Continuing Resolution (CR).
“Partisan legislation that continues the unprecedented Republican assault on healthcare is not a clean spending bill. It’s a dirty one,” He Wrote on the Social Platform X. The clash heightens the odds of a nasty funding showdown that could come to a head in the coming days.
House Republicans have been Hopeful of Passing a Stopgap Before the Week’s End, as Lawmakers are set to leave Washington in Observance of Rosh Hashanah.
But Johnson told Reporters Monday afternoon, that the forthcoming Plan hadn’t yet been Released, citing Discussions around Members’ Safety in the Wake of Last Week’s Fatal Shooting of Charlie Kirk.
“We don’t have [text] yet because we’re trying to resolve this,” Johnson told Reporters when Pressed about a Recent Request from the White House for $58 million to Boost Security for Government Officials.
“It is kind of a late-breaking development, and that $58 million is for the executive and judicial branches,” Johnson said. “We have to protect our judges and those who serve in those two branches.”
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