{"id":1984434,"date":"2023-07-27T17:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T21:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-leaves-town-for-six-week-recess-with-spending-bill-drama-unresolved\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T17:48:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T21:48:50","slug":"house-leaves-town-for-six-week-recess-with-spending-bill-drama-unresolved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-leaves-town-for-six-week-recess-with-spending-bill-drama-unresolved\/","title":{"rendered":"House departs without resolving spending bill drama for six-week recess."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-leaves-town-for-six-week-recess-with-spending-bill-drama-unresolved%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1984434&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The House Adjourns\u200c for August\u2063 Recess, Leaving Behind a Lengthy To-Do List<\/h2>\n<p>The House of Representatives made\u2063 an\u200c unexpected early\u200c departure on Thursday, beginning\u200c its \u200dsix-week August \u200brecess despite having a lot of unfinished\u2063 business \u2062and ongoing negotiations\u2062 over crucial spending legislation.\u2063 Originally, lawmakers were supposed to leave Washington, D.C., on Friday after \u200bvoting on \u200cthe agriculture bill. \u200dHowever, due to the \u200dbill \u200bnot making it to the floor for a vote, plans were changed. House leaders have stated that they will\u2063 continue working \u200dduring \u200cthe break, but it remains uncertain whether they will meet\u2062 in\u200d person.<\/p>\n<h3>Lawmakers Determined to Get the Job Done<\/h3>\n<p>When asked about \u2063the schedule change, Rep. \u2063Chip Roy (R-TX) responded, \u2063&#8221;I don&#8217;t\u200b know, I don&#8217;t set the \u200dschedule. But \u2063I think we ought to do whatever it\u2063 takes to \u200cget our job done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before leaving town, the\u2064 House managed to pass its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-overcomes-first-hurdle-for-military-spending-bill-despite-threats-from-hardline-conservatives\/\" title=\"House passes military spending bill despite conservative threats.\">military \u2063construction appropriations bill<\/a>, making progress on\u200d just one of the \u206312 must-pass spending\u200c bills. This leaves \u200bCongress with only \u206418 days to\u2064 pass the budget\u200c and avoid\u2063 a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker \u200cKevin\u200b McCarthy (R-CA) remains confident that\u200b the House can pass all of its appropriations\u200b bills before the \u200bSeptember \u206330 deadline. During a press conference on Thursday, he scolded \u200breporters for doubting Republicans&#8217; ability to \u200dadvance legislation, saying,\u2064 &#8220;You&#8217;ve asked me that same question\u200c almost every single week, and we&#8217;ve proven every single week that we&#8217;ll do \u2063it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, McCarthy \u200dfaces challenges within his own conference as members \u2062of \u2063the House \u200cFreedom\u2062 Caucus\u2063 demand significant spending cuts. \u2064Some\u2063 have even \u200cthreatened to withdraw their support if their demands are not\u2064 met. This\u2062 sets the\u200b House on a collision course with Senate Democrats, who are likely\u200b proposing larger budgets.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/md-gov-hogan-urges-biden-lawmakers-to-work-together-on-covid-19-relief-legislation\/\" title=\"Md. Gov. Hogan urges Biden, lawmakers to work together on COVID-19 relief legislation\">find common ground<\/a>, McCarthy met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer\u2064 (D-NY) on Thursday to discuss how the \u200dtwo chambers can collaborate on appropriations\u200c and other crucial bills. The details of\u2063 their conversation were not disclosed.<\/p>\n<h3>Controversy\u2064 Surrounding the Agriculture \u200cAppropriations Bill<\/h3>\n<p>Meanwhile, the fate of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-leaves-town-for-six-week-recess-with-spending-bill-drama-unresolved\/\" title=\"House departs without resolving spending bill drama for six-week recess.\">agriculture appropriations bill remains uncertain<\/a>. House Republicans are divided over a provision that would ban \u2064the \u200bBiden \u2062administration&#8217;s rule allowing abortion pills to be sold through the mail and \u200bin retail pharmacies. \u200cSeveral moderate Republicans\u2064 have joined Democrats in opposing this provision, threatening \u200bto vote against\u200c the bill \u2064if it\u200c includes the ban.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) expressed his stance, stating, &#8220;I have said from the very beginning\u200d that I would not support legislation that would ban abortion nationwide. Some of \u200cthese issues should be dealt with at the state \u2062level, and that&#8217;s it. Some states allow it \u200cto be mailed, \u200dsome \u200bstates don&#8217;t. But that\u200b should be a decision made by the states and the FDA.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, on the\u200d other hand, accuse Republicans of jeopardizing the appropriations process and bypassing bipartisan\u2064 agreements, potentially leading to a government shutdown. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY)\u2064 criticized\u200b the extreme wing of the Republican \u200bParty, claiming they have &#8220;hijacked&#8221; every appropriations bill\u200d and are pushing for \u2063a nationwide\u200c ban on abortion.<\/p>\n<h3>The Race Against Time<\/h3>\n<p>Congress\u2062 must pass its annual budget \u200cby the end \u200cof September before the\u200c new fiscal year begins on October\u200d 1, or else a government shutdown looms. Budget disagreements \u200coften drag on as both parties \u2063fight for their priorities, with a final deal typically reached at the last \u200bminute after a lengthy voting session.<\/p>\n<p>In some cases, lawmakers agree to \u200bpass \u2063a \u200ccontinuing resolution,\u200b allowing the government \u2063to operate\u2062 at the same spending\u200b levels until a new agreement\u200c is reached. However, some hard-line conservatives have already ruled \u2062out this option,\u200b stating that they are not afraid of enforcing a\u200b government shutdown to ensure the budget&#8217;s passage.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) firmly stated, &#8220;I will not vote for a CR, I will not vote for a rule \u2062for a CR, \u2062I will not help advance a\u200d CR \u2062in any way, shape, or form unless H.R. 2 \u2062is signed into law, [Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro] \u200d Mayorkas is gone,\u200c or\u2062 something damn close\u200c to \u2064that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ \u200bMORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House ended its session early, starting its six-week recess on Thursday instead of Friday as planned. Despite pending tasks and ongoing talks on crucial spending bills, lawmakers left town ahead of schedule. Originally, they were set to depart after voting on the agriculture bill in Washington, D.C., but altered their plans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1984435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1984434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1984434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1984434\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1984434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1984434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1984434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}