{"id":1984563,"date":"2023-07-27T20:02:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T00:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-begins-6-week-recess-early-after-failing-to-reach-agreement\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T20:04:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T00:04:04","slug":"house-begins-6-week-recess-early-after-failing-to-reach-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-begins-6-week-recess-early-after-failing-to-reach-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"House starts 6-week recess early due to failed agreement."},"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\">18<\/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-begins-6-week-recess-early-after-failing-to-reach-agreement%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=1984563&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 Begins 6-Week Recess Early After Failing to Reach Agreement<\/h2>\n<p>The House of Representatives broke for its six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-sends-letter-to-members-outlining-americas-declining-condition-under-biden-democrats\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy Sends Letter To Members Outlining America\u2019s Declining Condition Under Biden, Democrats\">-week recess<\/a> one day early on Thursday, leaving unresolved differences over the agriculture spending bill that were not going to be resolved in time for a hoped-for Friday vote.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to differences over spending, a Republican rift has emerged over\u2064 an effort to attach legislation to the budget\u200d bill that would overturn a Biden\u2063 administration rule allowing\u200b the abortion\u200b pill mifepristone \u2064to be mailed or sold \u200din drug stores, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/07\/27\/house-republicans-august-recess-appropriations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>.\u200d The agriculture bill also includes funding for agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<p>House Majority \u200cLeader Steve Scalise acknowledged the ongoing negotiations, stating, &#8220;There\u2019s members that want to do deeper\u200b cuts. There\u2019s\u200c other members who have\u200d been vocal that they won\u2019t support\u200c the bill under deeper cuts. So we\u2019re still having some fun on negotiations,&#8221; according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/house-expected-to-adjourn-one-day-early\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Examiner<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Passing the budget before the beginning of the next fiscal year on Oct. 1 seems unlikely, \u2063as the House\u200d does not return until Sept. 18. However, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy expressed confidence\u200b that it will happen, stating, &#8220;[W]e\u2019ve got to get in the room, we\u2019ll talk, we\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-pelosi-expects-budget-plan-agreement-soon\/\" title=\"Speaker Pelosi expects budget plan agreement soon\">making great progress<\/a>,&#8221; according to Axios.<\/p>\n<p>On-time federal budgets are rare, often leading to the passage of continuing resolutions to keep the government running. The\u200d FY 2023 \u200bbudget, which took effect last Oct. 1, did not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-begins-6-week-recess-early-after-failing-to-reach-agreement\/\" title=\"House starts 6-week recess early due to failed agreement.\">receive final congressional\u2064 passage<\/a> until Dec. 23, according to\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/23\/us\/politics\/house-passes-spending-bill.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Some House\u2063 Republicans are willing to change the game and \u200dface a shutdown at the end\u2062 of September, with Republican Rep. Bob Good of Virginia stating, &#8220;We should not fear a government shutdown. Most of what we do up here is bad anyway,&#8221; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/27\/politics\/congress-funding-fight-august-recess\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Ben Cline of Virginia \u200bsummarized the debate over the agriculture bill, stating, &#8220;The bill is not eliminating\u200d as much wasteful spending as it could. And\u2064 we\u2019ve identified additional areas and provided suggestions where those savings \u2064can be found,&#8221;\u2063 according to the Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>The abortion proposal further adds to the differences among \u2063House\u200c Republicans,\u2062 with Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York stating, &#8220;I have said from the very beginning that \u200cI would \u2064not support legislation that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-steve-daines-supreme-court-has-opportunity-to-defend-most-fundamental-right-the-right-to-life\/\" title=\"Sen. Steve Daines: \u2018Supreme Court Has Opportunity to Defend Most Fundamental Right\u2014the Right to Life\u2019\">ban abortion nationwide<\/a>. To me, some of\u2063 these issues that are being dealt with \u200bshould be\u200c dealt with at the state level, and that\u2019s \u2064it. \u200cSome states \u200ballow it to be mailed; some states don\u2019t. But that should be \u2064a decision with the states and the FDA,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>While the House debates \u200dcuts, the Democrat-controlled Senate is\u200d moving forward\u200c with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/next-years-defense-spending-plan-to-see-a-significant-hike\/\" title=\"Next Year\u2019s Defense Spending Plan to See a Significant Hike\">higher spending levels<\/a>, which means that sooner\u2063 or later, the two different versions will collide\u200b until the House and Senate \u200dcan agree, as noted by Axios.<\/p>\n<p>One new wrinkle this year \u2062is that if the\u200c negotiations for a new budget drag on past Jan. 1,\u200b discretionary spending is \u2063cut \u200cby 1 percent.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the House did pass a\u2064 bill \u2062funding military construction and veterans affairs by a vote of\u200d 219-211,\u2062 according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/27\/politics\/congress-funding-fight-august-recess\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-begins-6-week-recess-early-failing-reach-agreement\/\">The Western \u200cJournal<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House recessed a day early due to unresolved differences on the agriculture spending bill. With hopes for a Friday vote dashed, disagreements over spending and a Republican divide on budget attachments have further complicated matters. 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