{"id":2201917,"date":"2024-03-19T14:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-reaches-tentative-deal-to-avert-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2024-03-19T14:14:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:14:41","slug":"congress-reaches-tentative-deal-to-avert-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-reaches-tentative-deal-to-avert-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Nears Agreement to Prevent 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%2Fcongress-reaches-tentative-deal-to-avert-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=2201917&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>A Step Forward\u2062 in Government Funding: Tentative Agreement\u200d Reached<\/h2>\n<p>In what is heralded as a\u200b pivotal \u200cmoment of bipartisan negotiation, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-house-of-representatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a> leaders have crafted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-school-officials-unions-reach-tentative-deal-after-city-files-lawsuit\/\" title=\"San Francisco School Officials, Unions, Reach Tentative Deal After City Files Lawsuit\">tentative deal<\/a> \u2062to smooth the funding path of the US government for the second half \u200bof fiscal 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This significant development promises to stave off the looming threat of a government \u2063shutdown, wrapping up \u200dthe necessary appropriations \u200cfor crucial federal departments.<\/p>\n<h3>The Clock is Ticking<\/h3>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-cancer-charity-gave-zero-for-research-millions-spent-on-salaries-travel\/\" title=\"Biden Cancer Charity Gave \u2018Zero\u2019 For Research; Millions Spent On Salaries, Travel\">fiscal year<\/a>\u200d nearly half spent, this \u2063compromise includes the \u2062financial\u2062 allocations not addressed\u2063 by an earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/06\/us\/politics\/house-spending-bill-shutdown.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$460 billion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/news\/majority\/murray-top-appropriators-release-minibus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cminibus\u201d<\/a> package. Agencies such as the Departments of Defense and\u200d Health and Human \u200cServices count on this timely resolution to continue their operations\u2062 unfettered.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Senate Majority Leader Chuck\u200c Schumer\u200d (D-NY)<\/strong> heralded the approach to fiscal responsibility, stating:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p>Senate and\u200d House leaders along with\u200b the White House have \u200cconcurred on rounding off the full year\u200b appropriations bills. Details are being finessed for a comprehensive\u2062 Congressional review.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1770074134522839295?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Building upon the cooperation, \u200c <strong>House Speaker\u200b Mike Johnson (R-LA)<\/strong> pointed to the resolution of Homeland Security Department \u200dfunding as a cornerstone achievement, paving the way\u200c for final legislative drafts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With DHS funding agreed upon, we edge \u200dcloser to the FY24 budget \u200dfinish line,&#8221; Johnson emphasized.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p>Unanimity on DHS \u2062appropriations reached, completing the FY24 appropriations process is now within reach. House and Senate are drafting \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-house-republicans-list-demands-for-next-speaker-as-mccarthy-battles-for-every-vote\/\" title=\"Seven House Republicans List Demands For Next Speaker As McCarthy Battles For Every Vote\">final bill texts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1770073371079802902?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, \u200c2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yet, not all lawmakers are aligning\u2063 with this fiscal path. The conservative House Freedom Caucus\u200b has voiced vehement opposition, calling for the\u2062 Republican majority to \u2062leverage\u200b their budgetary\u2062 influence\u200d against \u200dthe administration&#8217;s immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>The Caucus&#8217;s opposition,\u200d marked \u2062by a 43-member signature campaign, signals \u200dpotential partisan divides as the new \u2062&#8217;minibus&#8217; proposition \u2063advances toward a \u200dvote.<\/p>\n<p><b>Will Congressional \u2064unity prevail, or\u2062 will temporary measures need to bridge the divide? Stay tuned with the <a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a> for the latest updates.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The \u200dWhite \u2062House, meanwhile, does not linger in the current fiscal narrative. President Joe Biden has \u200bprojected a forward-looking\u200c stance, having proffered \u2064his $7.3 trillion budget\u200d proposal for\u2062 fiscal 2025, leaving Congress\u2064 to contemplate\u200d the next financial chapter\u200b as\u2062 the October 1 commencement \u200dof the new fiscal year \u2062advances.<\/p>\n<p>Within\u2063 this atmosphere of fiscal\u2064 foresight and political maneuvering, eyes are set on Capitol Hill as final \u2064decisions crystallize, with President\u2062 Biden poised to swiftly \u200cendorse any resultant\u200d legislation\u2064 into action.<\/p>\n<p>The clock ticks, the policymakers draft, and the nation watches\u2014will consensus\u2064 pave the way for steady governance, or will stopgap measures become the order of the day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional leaders have struck a tentative deal to fund the latter half of fiscal 2024. 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