House prepares to vote on bill to avert shutdown and suspend debt limit
Democratic leaders are hoping to vote on Tuesday on legislation to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month and suspend the nation's borrowing limit, setting up a showdown with Republicans who insist Democrats should act alone to stave off a looming debt crisis.
Government funding is set to expire on September 30, but the stop-gap bill the House will take up would extend funding and keep the government open through December 3. In addition, the measure includes a debt limit suspension through December 16, 2022. It would also provide $28.6 billion in disaster relief funding and $6.3 billion to assist Afghanistan evacuees.
The Democratic-controlled House is expected to pass the measure, but it faced a last minute snag as a group of progressives have told leadership that they will not vote for the bill if it includes $1 billion in funding for Israel's Iron Dome. The provision has since been taken out of the bill to appease concerns from progressives, two sources involved in the process confirmed to CNN.
"Chair Rosa DeLauro has introduced a revised version of the Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act, which will be considered in the House later today," an Appropriations Committee spokesperson told CNN. "The Iron Dome will be included in the final, bipartisan and bicameral fiscal year 2022 Defense bill," the spokesperson said, referring to a separate piece of legislation than what the House is taking up now.
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