{"id":2049790,"date":"2023-09-29T15:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T19:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-rejects-funding-bill-government-shutdown-imminent\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T15:02:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T19:02:39","slug":"house-rejects-funding-bill-government-shutdown-imminent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-rejects-funding-bill-government-shutdown-imminent\/","title":{"rendered":"Government shutdown imminent as House rejects funding 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\">16<\/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-rejects-funding-bill-government-shutdown-imminent%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=2049790&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>Hardline Republicans Reject\u2064 Bill, Government Shutdown Looms<\/h2>\n<p>Hardline Republicans in the House of Representatives on Friday rejected a \u2062bill proposed by Speaker Kevin McCarthy to \u2062temporarily \u2062 <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">fund<\/span> the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">government<\/span>, making\u2062 it\u2064 all \u200bbut certain that federal agencies will\u200b partially shut down\u200d beginning Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2062House rejected in a 232-198 vote a measure\u2062 to\u200d <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">fund<\/span> the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">government<\/span> for 30\u2063 days to give lawmakers more time to\u2063 negotiate. That bill would have\u2064 cut spending and imposed immigration and border security restrictions, Republican\u2062 priorities that have little chance of passing \u200bthe Democratic-majority Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dSenate, meanwhile, on a broad bipartisan basis has been advancing a similar bill,\u200c known\u2064 as a \u200bcontinuing resolution or\u2062 CR, to \u200d <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">fund<\/span> \u2064 the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">government<\/span> through\u200c Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s\u200d not \u2063the\u200d end yet, I&#8217;ve\u200c got other ideas,&#8221; McCarthy told\u200b reporters following the defeat\u2062 on a bill he had backed.<\/p>\n<p>The National Park Service will close, the Securities and Exchange Commission will suspend most of its regulatory activities, and disrupt pay to up to four million \u2063federal workers beginning at 12:01 a.m. ET on Sunday if Congress does not\u200d pass a spending package that\u200b can be signed into law \u2063by President Joe Biden before then.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that\u2062 a <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">government<\/span> shutdown would \u200c&#8221;undermine&#8221; U.S. economic progress by idling key programs for small businesses and \u200dchildren,\u200d and could delay major\u2062 infrastructure improvements.<\/p>\n<p>The shutdown would be the fourth in a decade \u2063and comes just four months after a similar\u200c standoff brought\u200b the federal <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">government<\/span> within days of defaulting on its \u2063$31 trillion-plus \u200cin debt. The\u200b repeated brinkmanship has raised worries on Wall Street, where the Moody&#8217;s ratings agency has\u200d warned it could damage the nation&#8217;s creditworthiness.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy sought to \u200buse the CR&#8217;s border \u200cprovisions to pressure at least nine hardline holdouts into\u2064 backing the measure, and stepping back from\u200c the brink of a shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every member \u2062will have\u2063 to \u2063go on record of where they stand: Are they willing to secure the\u2062 border, or do they side with\u2064 President Biden on \u200dan open \u200cborder \u200cand vote \u2062against a measure to keep <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">government<\/span> \u2062open?&#8221; McCarthy told reporters.<\/p>\n<h3>Stakes Are High, Hardliners Demand More<\/h3>\n<p>Hardliners who \u2062oppose the measure want Congress to press\u200b on instead with full-scale \u2064spending legislation for fiscal 2024.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy succeeded \u2062in passing \u2064three of four bills\u200c late on Thursday\u2062 that would <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">fund<\/span> four federal agencies. The\u200c bills were written to accommodate hardline conservative demands and stand no chance of\u2064 passing the \u2064Democratic-controlled Senate, though even if they became law, they would not avert a \u2063partial shutdown because they do not <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">fund<\/span> \u200b the full <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">government<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy and Biden\u2062 in June \u2064agreed to a deal that \u200dwould have <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">fund<\/span>ed the <span data-qa-component=\"highlight-text\">government<\/span> with discretionary spending at $1.59 trillion in fiscal 2024, but \u200dHouse\u200c Republican hardliners\u200c are demanding another $120 billion\u2063 in cuts plus tougher legislation\u200b that \u2063would \u200cstop the \u200bflow of illegal immigrants\u2063 at the U.S. border with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>A \u200cshutdown would\u2063 delay vital economic data releases, which could\u2064 trigger\u2062 financial market volatility, and\u200b delay \u2063the date that retirees learn\u200d how much \u2064their Social Security payments will rise next year. Social Security \u2064payments themselves would continue.<\/p>\n<p>The current fight focuses \u2064on a relatively small \u2063slice \u2064of the $6.4 trillion U.S. \u200bbudget for this fiscal year. Lawmakers are not considering cuts \u200bto popular benefit\u2064 programs such as Social \u200bSecurity and Medicare.<\/p>\n<p>Several hardliners have threatened to \u200doust McCarthy from his leadership role if he passes a spending bill that \u200brequires any\u2063 Democratic votes\u2063 to \u2062pass, an \u2062outcome\u2063 almost guaranteed given that any successful\u200c House\u200c bill must also pass the Senate, controlled \u200bby\u2062 Democrats 51-49.<\/p>\n<p>Former \u200cpresident Donald\u2062 Trump,\u2062 Biden&#8217;s likely election opponent in\u2062 2024, has taken to social media to push his congressional\u200d allies toward a shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans expressed annoyance\u200c late Thursday with\u200d their hardline colleagues, who \u200dhave stymied the\u200c process at almost every turn.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They \u2063can&#8217;t \u2064set a fire, call\u200d the fire department, turn off their water \u2062supply and then blame them for not putting out the fire,&#8221; \u200dRep. Dan Crenshaw (R., Texas) told Reuters. &#8220;That&#8217;s kind of\u200b what&#8217;s\u200d happening right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Garcia \u2063(R., Calif.), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, \u200cdescribed himself as &#8220;frustrated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u200c don&#8217;t have a good\u200c position going into\u200d what would be \u2063a negotiation with\u2064 the Senate,&#8221; he\u200b told \u2062Reuters \u2063on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Richard Neal (Mass.), the ranking Democrat on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, described\u2063 the appropriations process \u2062as &#8220;the worst in \u200dthe \u200c35 years I&#8217;ve \u200bbeen\u2064 here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Moira Warburton and David Morgan; editing by Scott Malone, Alistair Bell, and Jonathan Oatis)<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How is Speaker\u200b Kevin\u200d McCarthy attempting to address the funding issue and avoid a shutdown, and what alternative ideas and strategies does he have in mind<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Vels of border security and immigration measures. \u200bThey argue that\u200d the current proposal does not go far enough in addressing their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>The hardline Republicans&#8217; rejection of the bill has\u200c raised the stakes and increased the likelihood of a government shutdown. Without a funding agreement in place, federal\u2062 agencies will be forced to partially shut\u200b down, causing disruptions in various sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The proposed bill, which aimed to fund the government\u2063 for 30 days, included spending cuts and restrictions on immigration and border security. However, these priorities align \u200dmore closely\u200c with Republican interests \u2064and have little\u2063 chance of passing in the Democratic-majority Senate.<\/p>\n<p>On the other \u200bhand, the Senate has been working on a bipartisan bill to \u2064fund \u200cthe government through November 17. This \u200dbill has been moving forward with support from both sides of the aisle, indicating\u200b a willingness\u2063 to compromise and avoid a shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the defeat of the bill in the \u200bHouse is a setback, Speaker Kevin McCarthy remains determined to find a\u2063 solution. He expressed confidence in his ability to come up with\u200d alternative ideas and strategies to address\u200c the funding issue before the shutdown deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 potential consequences of a government shutdown are significant. National parks will close, the Securities\u2062 and \u200dExchange Commission will suspend regulatory activities, \u200dand\u200d millions of federal workers may face disruptions in their pay. Treasury Secretary Janet\u200c Yellen has warned that\u2064 a\u2062 shutdown\u2064 would undermine economic progress and \u2062could \u2062delay infrastructure improvements.<\/p>\n<p>This possible shutdown would mark\u2063 the fourth in a decade,\u2063 and it comes just months after a \u2064similar standoff that threatened \u2062the nation&#8217;s debt. The repeated occurrences of these situations have raised \u200cconcerns \u200dabout the nation&#8217;s financial \u2064stability and creditworthiness.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to\u2064 gain support \u2062for the bill,\u200d McCarthy\u2063 attempted to leverage the border provisions within the \u2062continuing resolution. By pressuring\u2063 hardline holdouts to\u200b back the measure, he hoped to avoid a shutdown and ensure \u2062the funding \u200cof\u2063 the\u200c government.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dhardline Republicans, however,\u2062 want Congress to focus \u200bon comprehensive spending legislation for fiscal 2024. They are pushing for additional cuts in spending and stricter measures on border security and \u2064immigration. These demands\u200c reflect their \u2062commitment to their conservative principles and their desire to see more substantial changes in the government&#8217;s approach.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the rejection of the bill proposed by \u2063Speaker Kevin McCarthy by hardline Republicans in the House of Representatives has significantly increased the likelihood of a government\u2064 shutdown.\u200d The differences in \u2063priorities and demands between the two parties make reaching a \u2062compromise challenging. The \u200cconsequences of a shutdown\u2062 would be far-reaching and could have detrimental\u2064 effects on the economy and government operations. \u200bIt remains to be seen whether alternative solutions\u200d can be found to avert a shutdown and ensure the\u200c funding of the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hardline House Republicans rejected Speaker McCarthy&#8217;s bill to temporarily fund the government, ensuring a partial shutdown from Sunday. 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