The US Government is Headed Towards Another Shut Down

Johnson has failed as a leader. The first CR is scheduled to expire on the 19th. Currently the House GOP has no ideas on how to proceed. McConnell has said the Senate will need a week to pass anything. The Senate is currently pushing forward with a bipartisan CR. Johnson has expressed some interest in possibly going along with it.

In response, a group of GOP members have decided to express their dissatisfaction by voting against a rules vote today that would allow new legislation to be introduced.

It used to be a rare thing for rules votes to fail, but under this GOP-led House, it is becoming a common occurrence.

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Just more symptoms of a broken system.

Johnson has announced they will be sticking with the topline agreement that was made with the Senate.

So, who do you think the next Speaker is going to be?

With snow expected in DC tomorrow, today will most likely be the last day Congress has to pass a CR before a partial shutdown.

The Senate is expected to send their bipartisan bill to the House later today. Due to the rules in the House, the House would not be able to amend the bill if they hope to avoid a shutdown.

Johnson has said he wants to avoid a shutdown at all costs but the Freedom Caucus is pressuring him to have the bill amended before calling for a vote.

The initial CR is what led to McCarthy being removed as Speaker. Will we see history repeat itself if Johnson puts the Senate's bill to vote as is?

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So their weekend is more important than taking the time to figure this out?

If they can’t get out by midnight tomorrow why can’t they just hunker down for an extra day in the hotel? It’s Not like they aren’t getting per diem.

So they are going to rush this today, and I’m willing to bet my hard earned taxed money they kick the can to March.

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The Senate just passed their bill. It is a CR that will extend the deadline until March.

With snow expected tomorrow that will most likely prohibit any votes from occurring and Congress not in session next week for "district work," this really does need to get passed today if Johnson wants to avoid any kind of shut down.

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Shutdowns demonstrate how most of the government is not needed.

The hundreds of govt department heads hate that!

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House vote is expected any second.

Why can't Congress do their job and pass budgets on time?

Instead they wait until the last minute to pass continuing resolutions, or pass measures to postpone doing even that.

This country needs to see some positive changes, even if it takes a shutdown or a replacement Speaker to make it happen.

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The bill passes and is on its way to Biden to sign. It will fund the government until early March.

Appropriations Watch: FY 2024

Updated 2/13/2024: On the morning of Tuesday, Feb. 13, the Senate passed an amended version of a $95 billion national security supplemental that includes funds for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and operations in the Red Sea. Previously, the Senate failed to advance a $118.3 billion national security supplemental that included funds for Ukraine, Israel, and other defense and border security priorities, so it was reconsidered without the border security provisions. The House's new $17.6 billion Israel supplemental was defeated under suspension of the rules on Tuesday, Feb. 6.

On Jan. 18, the House and Senate both passed a third continuing resolution (CR) for fiscal year 2024 to avoid a partial government shutdown at midnight on Friday, Jan. 19. The President signed the CR on Jan. 19. The new measure would extend the "laddered" approach from the previous CR, with the first set of appropriations bills expiring on Friday, March 1: Agriculture, Energy-Water, Military Construction-VA, and Transportation-HUD (these were previously set to expire Jan. 19). The second set of appropriations bills would expire a week later, on Friday, March 8: Commerce-Justice-Science, Defense, Financial Services-General Government, Homeland Security, Interior-Environment, Labor-HHS-Education, Legislative Branch, and State-Foreign Operations bills (these were previously set to expire Feb. 2). 

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What do you think, shutdown until they add some border money? My feeling is they’ll keep on doing the CR in perpetuity. I mean, at this stage of the game what’s the point of having a spending bill deadline.

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I had heard something along the line of, if Congress didn't cut spending by May, they will be forced to take a 1% across the board cut to current spending levels.

My guess is that Congress will fail to do anything and will inturn be forced to take the 1% cut.

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I had heard something along the line of, if Congress didn't cut spending by May, they will be forced to take a 1% across the board cut to current spending levels.

My guess is that Congress will fail to do anything and will inturn be forced to take the 1% cut.

When they come back from recess, they’ll have 3 days to figure/fight it out for the first iteration. This is going to be interesting.

ANOTHER SHUTDOWN?
Jeez, I'm never voting for George Bush again.

Here we go again.

Biden to meet with top Hill leaders with partial government shutdown only four days away

President Joe Biden is set to convene the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday, a high-stakes meeting with a partial government shutdown just four days away and still no clear path to avert it on Capitol Hill.

The meeting also comes as the White House ratchets up pressure on lawmakers to pass additional funding to Ukraine. The Senate passed a bill with aid for Ukraine and Israel earlier this month, but House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he does not plan to bring the bill to the floor, and a significant number of GOP House members oppose further aid to Ukraine.

Lawmakers had hoped to release the text of a bipartisan spending deal Sunday evening, but the bill has yet to be unveiled and high-level disagreements over policy issues remain as Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, is under immense pressure from his right flank to fight for conservative wins.

Congress is confronting a pair of shutdown deadlines – on March 1 and March 8 – after lawmakers passed a short-term funding bill in January. At the end of the day Friday, funding will expire for a series of key government agencies if lawmakers do not act.

Funding extends through March 1 for a series of government agencies, including the departments of Agriculture, Energy, Transportation, Veterans Affairs, and Housing and Urban Development, as well as the Food and Drug Administration and other priorities such as military construction.

An additional set of government agencies and programs are funded through March 8, including the departments of Justice, Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, State, Education, Interior, and Health and Human Services, as well as the Environmental Protection Agency and the legislative branch.

The House just passed a new CR that extends the deadlines to 3/8 and 3/22. It's expected to be voted on by the Senate tonight.

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The House just passed a new CR that extends the deadlines to 3/8 and 3/22. It's expected to be voted on by the Senate tonight.

One of the deadlines is already 3/8.

Are they seriously wasting more time, just to kick the can for only a few weeks? Then what?

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The House just passed a new CR that extends the deadlines to 3/8 and 3/22. It's expected to be voted on by the Senate tonight.

House passes latest CR

The House voted 320-99 to pass another stopgap continuing resolution that averts a partial government shutdown Friday night and extends funding deadlines to March 8 and March 22.

The CR, which would extend funding for the Defense Department through March 22 from the previous March 8 deadline, is expected to be considered by the Senate later today.

originally posted by: IndieA

originally posted by: Threadbarer
The House just passed a new CR that extends the deadlines to 3/8 and 3/22. It's expected to be voted on by the Senate tonight.

One of the deadlines is already 3/8.

Are they seriously wasting more time, just to kick the can for only a few weeks? Then what?

What’s the point of even having a budget, let alone CR.