{"id":2051399,"date":"2023-10-01T09:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T13:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-approves-stopgap-funding-bill-averting-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T09:29:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T13:29:13","slug":"senate-approves-stopgap-funding-bill-averting-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-approves-stopgap-funding-bill-averting-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate approves funding bill, avoiding government shutdown."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fsenate-approves-stopgap-funding-bill-averting-government-shutdown%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=2051399&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--><blockquote>\n<p>The Senate ratified a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-approves-stopgap-funding-bill-averting-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Senate approves funding bill, avoiding government shutdown.\">45-day continuing resolution passed earlier today<\/a> by the House, which President Joe Biden signed late Saturday night, thus averting a government shutdown that would otherwise have occurred at midnight.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b 88-9\u200b vote included <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-passing-partisan-covid-19-bill-says-senate-minority-leader-mcconnell\/\" title=\"\u2018Majority passing \u2018partisan\u2019 COVID-19 bill,\u2019 says Senate Minority Leader McConnell\">broad bipartisan support<\/a>,\u200b although the final bill did not include the \u200cadditional $6.15 billion in aid for Ukraine that many senators had pressed for.<\/p>\n<p>Senate \u2064Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) praised\u200b the\u2062 bipartisanship in both houses that brought the bill to completion.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/democrat-lawmaker-under-investigation-after-pulling-fire-alarm-in-old-house-office-building-before-vote-5501629?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>Democrat\u2062 Lawmaker Under Investigation After Pulling Fire Alarm in Old House Office Building Before Vote<\/strong><\/a>  \u200d &#8211; 9\/30\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/mccarthy-on-democrat-pulling-fire-alarm-before-house-vote-on-bill-to-avert-government-shutdown-5501581?ea_src=author_manual&#038;ea_med=related_stories\"><strong>McCarthy on Democrat Pulling Fire Alarm Before House Vote on Bill \u2062to Avert Government Shutdown<\/strong><\/a>  &#8211; 9\/30\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;I have very good news for the country. \u200dDemocrats and \u200dRepublicans have come to an agreement and the government will remain open. We will have avoided a shutdown. Bipartisanship, which has been the trademark of the Senate, has prevailed, and the American\u2064 people can breathe\u2064 a sigh of\u2062 relief,&#8221; Mr.\u2064 Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The clearest path forward\u200b has been\u2064 to pass a straightforward short term funding extension. It gives us time to continue a number of important discussions about outstanding\u200d priorities,&#8221; said Senate \u2062Minority Leader Mitch\u200c McConnell (R-Ky.), who pledged to continue working to complete \u2063the \u200cregular appropriations\u2064 process.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dcontinuing resolution (CR) extends federal funding at the current rate for 45 days. It also includes money for disaster relief and a reauthorization of Federal Aviation Authority funding.<\/p>\n<h2>Video<\/h2>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\"><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>The omission of additional funding for the war effort in Ukraine threatened to derail the bill. In the end, senators agreed that funding for Ukraine could be provided through other legislation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think we do need to send a strong\u200d signal to Russia that \u200dits aggression \u200din Ukraine will not be tolerated and that we are not pulling back &#8230; from supporting Ukraine,&#8221; said Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who theorized that a supplemental spending bill or the defense appropriations bill might be used.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think there\u2063 are a lot of\u2062 ways of getting assistance to\u2062 Ukraine,&#8221; Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) told reporters just ahead of \u2062the\u200b vote. \u201cWe all believe in stopping Russian\u200b aggression. And we all believe that it&#8217;s in\u200d America&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-war-vets-warn-biden-against-shuttering-gitmo\/\" title=\"Congressional War Vets Warn Biden Against Shuttering Gitmo\">national security interest<\/a> for Ukraine to succeed on the battlefield. And\u2064 I think that America&#8217;s commitment to that is clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Min.) said before the vote she hoped\u200c to see &#8220;uninterrupted aid to Ukraine,&#8221; \u2064adding, &#8220;That&#8217;s going to be our\u2062 number one goal\u201d in the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>This bipartisan compromise puts to rest, temporarily,\u2064 the threat of\u200b a government shutdown. Yet it does\u200d not resolve the\u200c problem underlying the brinkmanship, a dispute over the appropriations process itself.<\/p>\n<h2>A Compromise Bill<\/h2>\n<p>The measure was\u2064 hurriedly assembled by House Republicans, \u2062who scrambled to find \u2064an \u200dalternative\u2063 after their preferred CR was torpedoed by members of their own party the previous \u200dday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks with reporters during a press conference in Congress on Sept. 19, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr. McCarthy originally presented a CR that extended funding \u200dfor\u2063 only 31 days with an overall 8 percent reduction\u2063 in \u2062non-defense discretionary\u2062 spending and \u2062the addition\u2064 of \u2064a\u200b package of border security provisions.<\/p>\n<p>That bill was brought to the House on Sept. 29 but failed as 21 Republicans joined Democrats in opposing it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWould I have wanted the bill\u200b we put on the floor yesterday that would secure our border and cut wasteful spending? Yes, I did. But I had \u2064some members in our own conference\u200b that wouldn&#8217;t vote for that,\u201d Mr. McCarthy told reporters shortly after the House vote on\u2062 Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt \u2062the end of the\u2064 day, we kept the government open, kept\u2064 paying our troops \u2064to finish the job we have to get done,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (R-N.Y.)\u200d praised the bill as a defeat for what he called Republican extremism. &#8220;[It] \u2064did not contain a single poison pill or policy rider the extreme MAGA Republicans were trying to \u200cjam down the throats of the American people,&#8221; he told reporters moments after \u200bthe\u2062 bill&#8217;s passage.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>As for additional funding for Ukraine, favored by many \u2062Democrats, Mr. Jeffries said, &#8220;We have to get to \u2062vote on this issue, and \u200dthat should be done sooner rather than later to ensure \u2064that we are providing the\u2064 training and the resources necessary to Ukraine to fight courageously to defeat Vladimir Putin and Russia.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Process\u200c Problem, Not Spending Fight<\/h2>\n<p>Only Congress can authorize the government to spend money, which it does through annual appropriations bills. Twelve appropriations \u200bbills are required, one for each major federal department. The government&#8217;s fiscal year ends \u2062on Sept. 30,\u200b so the\u200b authority to spend money expires on that day unless new spending has been authorized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Previous shutdown threats have been driven by demands by the leadership in \u200cone party or the other for specific spending \u2064or tax-cut initiatives. That has resulted in 10 government shutdowns since 1981,\u200d most lasting only a few\u2064 days.<\/p>\n<p>The term &#8220;shutdown&#8221; is not entirely accurate because only non-essential\u200c government functions\u200b are \u200csuspended. Most government activities continue, though many people\u2014including members of the armed services\u2014must work\u2063 without pay for the duration. Even \u200dso, any shutdown is costly\u200b and disruptive, and both Republican\u2064 and Democratic leaders have\u200c been eager to avoid one \u200cthis year.<\/p>\n<p>This time the brinkmanship \u2063was driven by rank-and-file members of the House in a dispute over\u200d the process by which spending bills are passed\u200b in\u200c Congress, not over specific \u200cspending \u2064demands.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. McCarthy first mentioned the possibility of a CR on Sept. 1 when it \u2064became apparent that both houses of Congress would once again fail to pass the\u2063 12 appropriations bills required to fund the federal government before the end of the\u200c fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>While Congress has accomplished\u2063 that task only a handful of times in\u2064 the last 50 years, it generally has\u200d had little\u2064 trouble agreeing to a CR to \u200dextend the current year\u2019s funding for a set period of \u2064time.<\/p>\n<p>A loosely organized group of Republican fiscal\u2064 hawks immediately\u2063 signaled their opposition to a CR. They did so on the grounds that it would inevitably lead to additional delays in creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secdef-to-congress-get-a-military-budget-done-already\/\" title=\"SecDef to Congress: Get a Military Budget Done Already\">full-year spending plan<\/a>, which\u2064 would result in the necessity of a last-minute catch-all bill that would fund the entire discretionary budget in a single up-or-down vote\u2014with no time \u200dto full debate \u200bor offer amendments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere&#8217;s no such thing as a \u2018clean\u2019 CR,\u201d Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) told reporters on Sept. 30. \u201cTo keep \u2064in place the Biden-Pelosi-Schumer policies for another 30 days or 45 days, to keep the spending levels that are bankrupting the country, that is only going to lead to another CR or an omnibus. \u2063I predict if we pass a \u200bCR we will stop passing our spending bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The speaker delayed bringing \u200cany CR to the House until Sept. 29, hoping to convince \u200choldouts that the House\u200c would continue working diligently on passing conservative appropriations bills.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-figure\" style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>U.S. \u2064House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)\u200b speaks with reporters\u2064 in Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 18, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>That effort was \u200dunsuccessful, and\u200b the vote failed.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 CR passed in \u200dthe House today, \u2064and then by the Senate, drew even more opposition from House Republicans with 90 \u200dvoting against it. It passed only with the overwhelming support of House Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) called the passage of the bill an abdication of Congress\u2019s responsibility to\u200c complete the funding process by passing appropriations bills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe further abdicated our duties. We decided to kick the can down the road 45 more \u200ddays,\u201d he said in a\u2063 video released on X. \u201cThat\u2019s not the way this country should run, but it\u2019s run that\u2064 way for the last 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House has so far passed four of the\u200c 12 required appropriations bills, representing\u200b about 70 percent of federal discretionary spending. \u2064The Senate has passed no appropriations bills.<\/p>\n<p>The CR will \u200bexpire on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<em>Emel Akan and Ryusuke Abe contributed to this report.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<em>Correction: A previous version of this article misstated the CR expiry \u200ddate. The Epoch Times regrets the error.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u2063 can lawmakers work\u2062 towards a sustainable and efficient appropriations process that prioritizes the needs of the American people<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ed by a group of conservative Republicans who demanded stricter immigration provisions. The compromise bill garnered enough \u2062support to pass\u200d the\u200c House,\u200b with many Democrats joining Republicans \u200din voting in favor of\u200d the measure.<\/p>\n<p>However, the omission of additional funding for Ukraine was a sticking \u2064point for some senators, particularly those who have \u200bbeen vocal \u200dabout the need to confront Russian \u2062aggression. While these senators acknowledged the importance of providing support to Ukraine, they\u200c believed that funding could be secured through other means.<\/p>\n<p>The passage of this continuing resolution provides a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gops-path-forward-unclear-as-congress-barrels-toward-shutdown\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans' next steps uncertain as Congress heads towards shutdown.\">short-term\u200c solution<\/a>, allowing\u2062 the government to remain \u2062open and \u2062functioning \u200bfor the next 45 days. \u200bHowever, it does not address the underlying issue of the appropriations process. The process itself \u200dhas become increasingly \u200ccontentious,\u200d with \u2062disagreements arising over \u2064how and where federal funds should be allocated.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties acknowledge the need for a long-term solution\u200b to this problem.\u200c While \u2063Republicans have expressed their commitment to working towards completing the regular appropriations process, Democrats have emphasized the importance\u2063 of addressing outstanding priorities. It is clear that both sides\u200b recognize the need\u200c to find common ground and reach a resolution that serves the best interests of\u2062 the American people.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges and disagreements, the passage\u200b of this continuing\u2064 resolution demonstrates the power of bipartisanship. In a time of heightened polarization, it is heartening to see\u2064 senators from\u2064 both \u2062parties come together to\u2064 prevent a government shutdown. This serves as a reminder that, despite their differences, elected officials have a responsibility \u200cto govern and ensure the stability and functioning of the \u200dcountry.<\/p>\n<p>Moving forward, it\u200d is essential\u2062 for lawmakers \u2062to continue working towards a sustainable and \u200cefficient appropriations process. This includes finding common ground on contentious issues and prioritizing the needs of the American people. By doing so, they can prevent future\u2063 government shutdowns and provide stability \u200band certainty for the country.<\/p>\n<p>The passage \u200bof this continuing resolution is a testament \u200dto the \u200dpower of compromise and bipartisanship. It \u200cis a\u2062 temporary solution that averts a\u200c government shutdown, but it also highlights the\u2062 need for long-term reforms to the appropriations process. With ongoing discussions and negotiations, there is hope that lawmakers can find common ground and reach a consensus that\u200d serves\u2063 the \u200cbest interests of the American people.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the Senate&#8217;s\u200d ratification of the\u2063 45-day \u2064continuing resolution passed by \u200dthe House, with \u200bbroad bipartisan support, \u200dhas averted \u200ba \u2062government \u2063shutdown. While challenges and \u2064disagreements remain, this compromise bill demonstrates the power of bipartisanship \u2064and the commitment of elected officials to govern and \u200censure the\u2064 stability of the country. Moving forward, it is crucial for lawmakers to address the underlying issues in the appropriations\u200c process and work towards long-term reforms that prioritize the needs of the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate approved a 45-day continuing resolution from the House, signed by President Biden, avoiding a midnight government shutdown. The bipartisan 88-9 vote excluded the $6.15 billion aid for Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1793,"featured_media":2051400,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2051399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2051399","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\/1793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2051399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2051400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2051399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2051399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2051399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}