{"id":2200610,"date":"2024-03-17T06:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T10:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/difficult-talks-to-avoid-shutdown-hit-snags-in-congress-over-immigration-and-unrwa\/"},"modified":"2024-03-17T06:21:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T10:21:34","slug":"difficult-talks-to-avoid-shutdown-hit-snags-in-congress-over-immigration-and-unrwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/difficult-talks-to-avoid-shutdown-hit-snags-in-congress-over-immigration-and-unrwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Negotiations stall in Congress amid disputes on immigration and UNRWA, risking 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\">26<\/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%2Fdifficult-talks-to-avoid-shutdown-hit-snags-in-congress-over-immigration-and-unrwa%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=2200610&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>Capitol Hill\u200c on\u2062 Edge: The Race to Thwart\u200b a Government Shutdown<\/h2>\n<p>In the high-stakes arena\u200b of American politics, a \u200dfiscal cliffhanger is unfolding. \u2063Senators have voiced their <strong>deep concerns over a\u200c potentially paralyzing dispute<\/strong> which threatens to upend \u2063negotiations on crucial appropriations legislation. At the heart of the issue\u200d is the funding bill for the\u2064 Department of Homeland Security, a piece of the puzzle\u200b that could potentially cause efforts to prevent a government shutdown to screech to a halt.<\/p>\n<p>With \u2062the deadline \u200dof <strong>March \u206422 looming<\/strong>, the House and Senate are racing against the clock to\u2064 finalize the\u2063 last six of the twelve appropriations bills required\u2062 to fund the government. Hot on the heels of narrowly avoiding a partial shutdown last week, appropriators are feeling\u2063 the pressure to strike a deal on pivotal bills\u2062 that fuel the wheels of the Pentagon, State Department, Labor Department, and other key agencies.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy information is \u200bthey\u2019ve made a little\u200d progress, but \u200cthey\u2019re not there,\u201d <strong>Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA)<\/strong>, a\u200c member of the Senate Appropriations Committee,\u2063 expressed with caution.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Tough Negotiations Ahead<\/h3>\n<p>Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), a prominent figure on the Appropriations Committee, revealed,\u2062 \u201cThe negotiations are ongoing right now, and on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-fbi-investigating-contributions-to-susan-collins-campaign\/\" title=\"REPORT: FBI Investigating Contributions To Susan Collins Campaign\">defense appropriations<\/a>, we are making excellent progress.\u201d However, she hinted at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/all-three-vaccines-are-breaking-through-emails-show-discussion-of-vaccine-failure-among-health-officials\/\" title=\"\u201cAll Three Vaccines Are Breaking Through:\u201d Emails Show Discussion of Vaccine Failure Among Health Officials\">rocky road ahead<\/a>,\u200d specifically highlighting the complexities surrounding Homeland\u2063 Security funding.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Partisan \u2064Challenges<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The crux of \u2062the matter \u200blies in the\u2064 sharp differences between House \u2062Republicans \u200cand the Senate over pivotal issues like immigration and defense policy. House leaders are asserting robust demands, from wall\u200d construction to \u2062immigration policies, which have hit a wall of resistance from the Senate. Democrats, standing their\u200c ground, have pushed back on such stipulations and the tense \u200dstalemate continues.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u200b worry \u2063about \u2062it. Obviously, homeland is a difficult bill,\u201d stated <strong>Sen. Chris\u200c Murphy (D-CT)<\/strong>,\u200c head of the Appropriations \u200dHomeland Security subcommittee.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One significant roadblock is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-threatens-new-round-of-speaker-chaos-if-johnson-cuts-deal-with-democrats-on-ukraine\/\" title=\"MTG warns of more speaker chaos if Johnson makes Ukraine deal with Democrats\">controversy surrounding funding<\/a> for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), particularly after scandal erupted \u2064within its Gaza chapter. Sen. Kennedy pinpointed this as a potential deal-breaker in the delicate \u200bnegotiations.<\/p>\n<h3>Looking for Common Ground<\/h3>\n<p>Despite \u200bthe turbulence, there\u200b is a glint of hope for\u200d compromise, as\u200c evidenced by Sen. Chris Coons&#8217; (D-DE) proposal to discretely examine UNRWA Gaza&#8217;s \u2063funding, while continuing support for the agency&#8217;s broader initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>As the final\u200c countdown begins, the Capitol holds its breath.\u200b Whether a bipartisan consensus can be reached\u200d to keep the government&#8217;s gears \u200cturning is a question\u2062 only time \u2014 and \u2063perhaps a measure of political goodwill \u2014 \u200bcan answer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can harmony be found amidst such deep-seated\u2062 division?<\/strong> Keep an eye on the unfolding drama at Capitol\u200c Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senators worry that disagreements on Homeland Security funding might hinder the bid to prevent a shutdown. The clock is ticking until March 22 for Congress to pass the remaining appropriations bills and maintain government operations, following a close call with a partial shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2656,"featured_media":2200611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24059773560684.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2200610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24059773560684.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200610","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\/2656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2200610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2200611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2200610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2200610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2200610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}