{"id":2037564,"date":"2023-09-19T15:47:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-fails-to-advance-defense-spending-bill-as-government-shutdown-looms\/"},"modified":"2023-09-19T15:49:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:49:52","slug":"house-fails-to-advance-defense-spending-bill-as-government-shutdown-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-fails-to-advance-defense-spending-bill-as-government-shutdown-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Government shutdown looms as House fails to advance defense spending bill."},"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\">22<\/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-fails-to-advance-defense-spending-bill-as-government-shutdown-looms%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=2037564&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 Rejects Defense Appropriations Bill, Jeopardizing Government Funding<\/h2>\n<p>The House \u2064of Representatives has dealt a blow to GOP leaders by voting\u200c against \u2062commencing debate\u200d on \u200bits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-dems-blocking-measure-to-prohibit-imports-made-with-chinese-slave-labor\/\" title=\"Senate Dems Blocking Measure To Prohibit Imports Made With Chinese Slave Labor\">annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hope-for-ukraine-is-not-a-strategy\/\" title=\"Hope for Ukraine Is Not a Strategy\">defense appropriations bill<\/a><\/a>. This failure to overcome a crucial procedural hurdle has \u2063put the legislation&#8217;s passage through \u2062the \u2064lower \u200cchamber by the end of the week in jeopardy.<\/p>\n<p>The vote, which resulted in a narrow 212-214 defeat, falls short of\u200b the majority needed\u200d to initiate discussions\u200d on over 180 amendments that lawmakers aim to attach to the funding bill. This setback poses a challenge to \u200dGOP leaders who\u200b had hoped to pass the legislation before the September 30 deadline, with only seven legislative days remaining.<\/p>\n<h3>House Republicans Opposed \u200bto Stopgap Spending Measure<\/h3>\n<p>Among \u200bthose\u2063 who voted against the measure were five Republicans: Reps. Ralph Norman, Dan Bishop, \u200cAndy Biggs, Ken \u2064Buck, and Matt Rosendale. Their opposition further complicates lawmakers&#8217; plans to pass all 12\u2062 appropriations bills through Congress by the end\u2063 of \u200cthe month to prevent a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts \u200cto garner enough support for\u200b the defense appropriations bill have been ongoing for\u2062 weeks, with GOP leaders even \u2063agreeing to culture war\u200c amendments \u200dtargeting Pentagon policies \u2064on abortion and LGBT issues to secure crucial votes. However, these efforts were hindered last week when House leaders postponed the initial rules votes.<\/p>\n<p>The House was initially scheduled to \u200dvote on\u2063 the\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-loses-as-supreme-court-orders-lower-court-to-reconsider-funding-the-border-wall\/\" title=\"Biden Loses As Supreme Court Orders Lower Court To Reconsider Funding The Border Wall\">defense appropriations act<\/a> last\u2064 Wednesday but withdrew it from the schedule due to \u2062insufficient support from hard-line conservatives. These conservatives sought to leverage their votes for other legislation, demanding a vote\u200d on border \u2063legislation and reduced funding for &#8220;woke policies&#8221; in the Pentagon, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these challenges, GOP leaders from the House Freedom Caucus and Main Street Caucus reached a deal over the weekend, incorporating some\u200c of the holdouts&#8217; demands.\u200d Their aim \u200bwas to alleviate concerns and pass a temporary \u200ccontinuing resolution along with the defense spending bill before the week&#8217;s end. \u200cHowever,\u200d it remains uncertain whether\u2064 these bills can garner enough \u200csupport in the House, as many \u2062of the lawmakers who\u200b opposed the DOD bill also expressed opposition to the\u200b proposed CR.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, House \u200cMinority Leader McCarthy assured reporters on Monday that both\u200c pieces of legislation would be brought up for\u2062 a vote, regardless of \u2063the current \u200cwhip count.<\/p>\n<p>Congress must pass the budget for the next fiscal year by September 30 to avoid a government shutdown. This requires advancing 12 individual appropriations bills in each \u200dchamber before sending the final product to the president \u2063for approval. However, disagreements between House Republicans and Senate Democrats on topline spending numbers have set the stage for a challenging process.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, it\u2063 remains unclear when the House will reconvene to vote on the legislation,\u200b leaving the \u200bGOP leaders scrambling to unite \u2064their party and navigate \u2064the uncertain path ahead.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2063What is\u2062 the main point of contention for\u2062 House Republicans regarding the defense appropriations bill?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ts in order to secure the necessary votes. However, it appears that some Republicans remain dissatisfied with the bill \u2062and have chosen to take a stand.<\/p>\n<p>One of the \u200bmain points of contention for\u2064 House Republicans is the inclusion of a stopgap spending measure, also known as a continuing\u200c resolution. This measure would allow the government to continue operating at current funding levels for a short period of time while negotiations on a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-out-of-session-as-jan-19-debt-ceiling-deadline-looms\/\" title=\"Congress Out of Session as Jan 19 Debt Ceiling Deadline Looms\">long-term funding bill<\/a> take place. House Republicans,\u200d however, strongly oppose this temporary measure and argue that it\u2062 fails to provide necessary \u200bfunding for defense programs and\u2063 undermines the military&#8217;s readiness.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the stopgap spending measure, there are other disagreements within the GOP caucus regarding specific funding allocations and policy provisions.\u2064 Some Republicans believe that certain amendments do not go far enough in addressing their concerns, while others see them as unnecessary additions to the defense appropriations bill. This internal division is proving to be a significant obstacle to \u200cpassing the legislation.<\/p>\n<h3>Implications for Government Funding<\/h3>\n<p>The failure to advance\u200d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-fails-to-advance-defense-spending-bill-as-government-shutdown-looms\/\" title=\"Government shutdown looms as House fails to advance defense spending bill.\">defense appropriations bill puts government \u2064funding<\/a> at\u2063 risk. Without a successfully passed funding bill, several government agencies and programs could face a shutdown on October 1, including defense \u2063programs. This would have serious \u200dconsequences for the military&#8217;s operations and its ability to carry out \u2063its mission\u200c effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the rejection of the defense appropriations \u2064bill raises questions about the broader funding \u200bprocess. If Congress is unable to\u2064 pass this critical \u2063legislation, it raises doubts about its ability to pass the remaining appropriations bills in a timely manner. This could lead to a series of continuing resolutions and further uncertainty about government funding.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d House rejection of \u200cthe defense appropriations bill highlights the challenges faced by GOP leaders and the broader Congress in\u200b navigating the\u200d complex process of funding the government. It showcases the divisions \u2063within \u200cthe Republican Party and the \u200ddifficulty of finding consensus on key issues. \u2062As the end of the fiscal \u200dyear approaches, it is imperative that\u200d lawmakers find a way to overcome these challenges and pass a robust funding bill that supports the nation&#8217;s defense and ensures the smooth operation of the government. \u200bThe clock is ticking, and \u200bthe stakes are high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House failed to start debate on the defense appropriations bill, hindering progress on the crucial legislation. With a vote of 212-214, lawmakers fell short of the majority needed to initiate consideration of the $826 billion spending bill. This setback jeopardizes the bill&#8217;s passage through the lower chamber by week&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2037565,"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-2037564","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\/2037564","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=2037564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037564\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2037565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}