{"id":2201330,"date":"2024-03-18T17:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T21:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-comes-up-short-on-shutdown-spending-deal-as-deadline-looms\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T17:05:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T21:05:10","slug":"congress-comes-up-short-on-shutdown-spending-deal-as-deadline-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-comes-up-short-on-shutdown-spending-deal-as-deadline-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress falls short in reaching spending deal ahead of shutdown deadline"},"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%2Fcongress-comes-up-short-on-shutdown-spending-deal-as-deadline-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=2201330&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>Ticking Clock: \u200dCongress \u200bGrapples With Impending Shutdown Deadline<\/h2>\n<p>Time is running out for Congress as they hit a snag in releasing the crucial legislative text for the final spending package needed\u200d to prevent this week&#8217;s looming partial government shutdown. At the heart of the \u2062standoff is a contentious debate over <strong>how to finance the Department of Homeland Security<\/strong> (DHS).<\/p>\n<p>Legislators had initially\u200d set a \u200bgoal\u200d to\u200c unveil the text on Sunday, allocating a 72-hour period to arrange a House vote. Unfortunately, both the weekend and Monday passed without consensus, \u200bcomplicated\u2063 by ongoing contentions surrounding the homeland bill as the Friday midnight deadline draws near.<\/p>\n<h3>Where Things Stand<\/h3>\n<p>The task at hand for the House \u2063and Senate is clear: pass the remaining six out of 12 appropriations bills that are \u2064essential for government funding. Having narrowly dodged a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emergency-declaration-issued-for-17-states-in-wake-of-cyberattack-on-colonial-pipeline\/\" title=\"Emergency Declaration Issued For 17 States In Wake Of Cyberattack On Colonial Pipeline\">partial shutdown<\/a> last week by passing \u200chalf of the bills, the pressure \u200bmounts as they wrestle over the final six, responsible for funding key departments including the Pentagon and Health and Human Services.<\/p>\n<p>Out of these, progress has been made\u2063 on five bills. Yet, <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>three insiders privy to the negotiations reported to the \u200bWashington Examiner<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> that the DHS funding bill has become the crux of the delay. Sharp \u200dclashes between House Republicans and Senate\u2063 Democrats, particularly on immigration and defense \u200bpolicies, have hit roadblocks, with \u2063the Republicans setting forth stringent demands.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans are advocating \u200bfor the reinstatement of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-judge-in-texas-stops-biden-deportation-freeze\/\" title=\"Federal judge in Texas stops Biden deportation freeze\">border wall construction<\/a> and the &#8220;Remain in Mexico&#8221; policy. They are also pushing to cut Homeland\u2063 Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas&#8217;s salary and put an end to funding for the Biden administration&#8217;s CBP One app, a tool used for migrant processing.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, taking a firm stance against these conditions, continue to negotiate as the path to agreement seems ever so narrow.<\/p>\n<h3>Negotiation Impasses<\/h3>\n<p>Initially, the goal was to maintain DHS funding at current fiscal \u2064year levels into 2024 through a continuing resolution. But, emerging disputes over how those \u2064funds should be appropriated, coupled with a veto threat from the White House, have thrown a wrench into the \u200cworks. A senior GOP aide expressed Republican insistence on adequate funds for \u200cborder \u200cenforcement, a view met with Democratic resistance.<\/p>\n<p>As tensions run\u200c high, House Republicans are calling on the White \u200bHouse for tripartite talks to rectify the delicate situation. They claim that a\u200b lack of dialogue between \u2062the White House and congressional Democrats is inching the government dangerously close to a shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>The current\u2064 predicament facing the government is stark: either secure a spending deal by week&#8217;s end that can navigate through both House and Senate\u2064 and receive\u200c President Joe\u2062 Biden&#8217;s signature, or brace for a shutdown. If the \u2062current gridlock over DHS \u2063funding continues, Congress may have to consider another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-could-use-funding-bill-to-tie-republicans-hands-next-congress-house-gop\/\" title=\"Pelosi Could Use Funding Bill to \u2018Tie Republicans\u2019 Hands\u2019 Next Congress: House GOP\">stopgap spending measure<\/a>, something that lawmakers from both parties are loath to\u200b entertain.<\/p>\n<p>With \u200cthe\u2062 debate at\u2064 an \u200cintense crescendo and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/largest-house-gop-caucus-endorses-mccarthy-plan-for-short-term-spending-bill\/\" title=\"Largest GOP caucus backs McCarthy's short-term spending bill.\">deadline fast approaching<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-tlaib-still-has-a-palestinian-flag-hanging-outside-her-house-office\/\" title=\"Tlaib keeps Palestinian flag outside her House office amid Israel war.\">situation remains volatile<\/a>,\u2063 charged with \u200dpartisanship and laden with\u200c critical implications for government operations. <strong>Will\u2064 Congress find common ground<\/strong>, or will the clock run out?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congress risks missing its deadline for the spending bill text, threatening a partial shutdown. Disputes over Department of Homeland Security funding persist. Legislators aimed for a Sunday text release, but delays loom<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2980,"featured_media":2201331,"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\/AP23267728950184-1-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2201330","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\/AP23267728950184-1-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201330","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\/2980"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2201330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2201330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2201331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2201330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2201330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2201330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}