WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress released the government’s last six investment expenditures Thursday, starting a race toward Friday’s deadline to finish paintings that were supposed to be finished just six months ago.
The bipartisan agreement on a $1. 2 trillion spending package, which came shortly before 3 a. m. , came less than two weeks after the U. S. House and Senate passed the other six annual appropriations bills.
This package includes annual spending measures for some of the federal government’s ultimate purposes: the departments of Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Labor, State, and Treasury.
The bill would also fund Congress, the president’s office, the judiciary and the Social Security administration.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday afternoon, about 12 hours before the bill was released, that “if Republicans and Democrats continue to work together on a smart religion to fund the government, I hope we can avoid a shutdown. “
“We’re still there, but as you know, we’re close,” Schumer said, later adding that “as soon as the bill passes the House, I’ll introduce it in the Senate. “
“It’s no secret that it’s going to be very difficult to get those investment expenses approved before the weekend deadline. So I ask all of my colleagues — Democrats and Republicans, House and Senate — to be flexible and ready for us to complete the process. supply process,” Schumer said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said he expects senators to vote this weekend on the package.
“My assumptions and what I’ve told our members is that we’ll probably be here this weekend. However, it will depend on how long he stays in the House,” McConnell said.
“And when we get to that point, what we’ve done recently — and I think this will work again, I hope — is that, in exchange for a series of amendments, we can get it done more quickly, hopefully, than putting ourselves in the position of shutting down the government,” McConnell added.
Chairman Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said in a brief that the plan would bring back $20. 2 billion of Internal Revenue Service investments that Democrats have included in their tax and climate replacement package, as well as $6 billion in unused COVID-19 funds.
On immigration, the investment package “reduces investment for NGOs that inspire illegal immigration and the detention capacity and number of Border Patrol agents to conform to the grades of the appropriations bill passed by the House and the Secure Borders Act (H. R. 2),” he said, referring to non-governmental organizations.
The package also includes investments for national defense. “This FY24 appropriations bill is a serious commitment to bolstering our national defense by getting the Pentagon focused on its core project while also expanding for our brave men and women who serve in uniform,” Johnson said. “What is vital is an end to investment in the U. N. company that hired the terrorists who participated in the October 7 attacks on Israel. “
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash. , said in a written statement that she was “proud to have secured an additional $1 billion to lower families’ child care costs and help them access preschool, a critical investment to help combat child care. “”Health care crisis that is holding families and our economy back.
“From day one of this process, I’ve said there won’t be a far right limiting women’s reproductive freedoms, and there isn’t,” Murray said. “Democrats have championed women’s right to decide in those negotiations, and we’ve focused on making meaningful investments for brokers. “
Democratic lawmakers, Murray said, “beat extravagant budget cuts that would have been a blow to American families and our economy, and fought dozens of excessive policies that would have curtailed Americans’ fundamental freedoms, harmed consumers, and at the same time given unfair credit to giant corporations. “. , and push back the clock for historic climate action.
The House and Senate will have to debate and approve the measure in less than two days under the interim investment agreement, or else an investment hole would begin over the weekend. If this were to continue beyond the brief weekend, a partial government shutdown would begin.
The House can hold a vote without problems within that time, but the Senate will have to reach an agreement among its 100 members in order to vote beyond that time.
by Jennifer Shutt, Nevada Current March 21, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress released the government’s last six investment expenditures Thursday, starting a race toward Friday’s deadline to finish paintings that were supposed to be finished just six months ago.
The bipartisan agreement on a $1. 2 trillion spending package, which came shortly before 3 a. m. , came less than two weeks after the U. S. House and Senate passed the other six annual appropriations bills.
This package includes annual spending measures for some of the federal government’s ultimate purposes: the departments of Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Labor, State, and Treasury.
The bill would also fund Congress, the president’s office, the judiciary and the Social Security administration.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday afternoon, about 12 hours before the bill was released, that “if Republicans and Democrats continue to work together on a smart religion to fund the government, I hope we can avoid a shutdown. “
“We’re still there, but as you know, we’re close,” Schumer said, later adding that “as soon as the bill passes the House, I’ll introduce it in the Senate. “
“It’s no secret that it’s going to be very difficult to get those investment expenses approved before the weekend deadline. So I ask all of my colleagues — Democrats and Republicans, House and Senate — to be flexible and ready for us to complete the process. supply process,” Schumer said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said he expects senators to vote this weekend on the package.
“My assumptions and what I’ve told our members is that we’ll probably be here this weekend. However, it will depend on how long he stays in the House,” McConnell said.
“And when we get to that point, what we’ve done recently — and I think this will work again, I hope — is that, in exchange for a series of amendments, we can get it done more quickly, hopefully, than putting ourselves in the position of shutting down the government,” McConnell added.
Chairman Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said in a brief that the plan would bring back $20. 2 billion of Internal Revenue Service investments that Democrats have included in their tax and climate replacement package, as well as $6 billion in unused COVID-19 funds.
On immigration, the investment program “reduces investment in NGOs that inspire illegal immigration and increases detention capacity and the number of Border Patrol officers to conform to the grades of the House-passed appropriations bill and the Secure Borders Act (H. R. 2),” Said. , referring to non-governmental organizations.
The package also includes investments for national defense. “This FY24 appropriations bill is a serious commitment to bolstering our national defense by getting the Pentagon focused on its core project while also expanding for our brave men and women who serve in uniform,” Johnson said. “What is vital is an end to investment in the U. N. company that hired the terrorists who participated in the October 7 attacks on Israel. “
Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray, D-Wash. , said in a written statement that she was “proud to have secured an additional $1 billion to lower families’ child care costs and help them access preschool, a critical investment to help combat child care. “”Health care crisis that is holding families and our economy back.
“From day one of this process, I’ve said there won’t be a far right limiting women’s reproductive freedoms, and there isn’t,” Murray said. “Democrats have championed women’s right to decide in those negotiations, and we’ve focused on making meaningful investments for brokers. “
Democratic lawmakers, Murray said, “beat extravagant budget cuts that would have been a blow to American families and our economy, and fought dozens of excessive policies that would have curtailed Americans’ fundamental freedoms, harmed consumers, and at the same time given unfair credit to giant corporations. “. , and push back the clock for historic climate action.
The House and Senate will have to debate and approve the measure in less than two days under the interim investment agreement, or else an investment hole would begin over the weekend. If this were to continue beyond the brief weekend, a partial government shutdown would begin.
The House can hold a vote without problems within that time, but the Senate will have to reach an agreement among its 100 members in order to vote beyond that time.
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