House OKs stopgap funding fix with broader deal still under wraps

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

The House passed a stopgap spending bill Wednesday night that gives negotiators an extra week to finish a $1.7 trillion year-end spending package, setting up an all-out legislative sprint before lawmakers leave for the holidays.

The temporary funding patch, approved in a 224-201 vote, staves off a government shutdown Friday at midnight and extends federal cash through Dec. 23. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate could pass the measure as soon as Thursday, as long as there isn’t “unwelcome brouhaha” — a reference to the ability of any one senator to hold up the funding fix in exchange for concessions or amendment votes.

The House vote on the stopgap comes after leading appropriators finally cemented a deal Tuesday night on a bipartisan framework to pave the way for a sprawling year-end funding bill that would boost federal agency budgets for the current fiscal year. It’s an enormous lift for a Congress that has struggled to do anything on time, with critical issues like military readiness, Ukraine aid and Medicare cuts on the line.

Senate Appropriations Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) declined to get into details about the broader spending deal Wednesday, only saying negotiators now needed to “do some allocation.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/14/house-vote-stopgap-funding-00073879

[BOSSHOG]

1. Insanity

Stop Gap. This is how gop leads, governs and manages money. Vote to push the decision date to the brink. Playing horrible games with the future of our country. Shitting on the floor of the Capitol instead of doing your job. Cash your socialist paycheck then run to fox to brag about the greatness of your values.

[jimfields33]

2. What? The house is still democratic.

[Squeaky41]

3. In Charge

Until Jan 3rd.

[mountain grammy]

4. Eliminate the debt ceiling.

Now.

[jimfields33]

5. If we did that before, we'd probably be at 60 trillion by now.

The debt ceiling at least controls the debt a bit. 32 trillion is quite a bit and the payments keep getting a bigger chunk of our GDP.

[mountain grammy]

6. It's used a a political hammer.

That's wrong.