{"id":2290315,"date":"2024-07-08T05:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T09:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-to-begin-election-year-collision-with-house-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T05:13:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T09:13:19","slug":"senate-to-begin-election-year-collision-with-house-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-to-begin-election-year-collision-with-house-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate to begin election year collision with House &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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%2Fsenate-to-begin-election-year-collision-with-house-washington-examiner%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=2290315&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--><p>The Senate will\u200d begin debate \u200bon its spending proposals for fiscal year 2025, setting\u200d the stage for a potential months-long\u200d battle over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">government funding<\/a>. Political tensions over spending and hot-button policy issues will\u2064 be heightened in an election year,\u200c as control of Congress could shift and impact budget decisions. The Appropriations Committee in\u2062 the House will begin considering three funding\u2064 bills covering various\u2062 agencies\u2064 and departments. Both chambers are working \u2062to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-a-tumultuous-week-of-spending-negotiations-the-house-is-in-recess\/\" title=\"House in recess after tumultuous spending negotiations.\">avoid government shutdowns<\/a> through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stopgap-government-funding-measure-overcomes-first-procedural-hurdle-in-house\/\" title=\"House clears first hurdle for stopgap government funding measure.\">stopgap measures<\/a> as they navigate the \u200cappropriations process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span 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class=\"tdb-title-text\">Senate to begin election year collision with House over government spending<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> <a class=\"tdb-author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/rtouchberry\/\">Ramsey Touchberry<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2024-07-08T05:00:00-04:00\">July 8, 2024 5:00 am<\/time><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1673310\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The Senate will begin debate next week on its spending proposals to fund the government for fiscal 2025, teeing up the appropriations process that will be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3028701\/2025-budget-fight-house-passes-first-spending-bill-likely-dead-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"monthslong battle\">monthslong battle<\/a> and is likely to include stopgap measures along the way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-de-blasio-calls-for-vaccine-passport-programs-in-other-parts-of-the-country\/\" title=\"Bill De Blasio Calls for Vaccine Passport Programs in Other Parts of the Country\">avoid shutdowns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3071004\/big-changes-are-coming-for-the-pentagon-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"hot-button policy issues\">Political tensions<\/a> over spending and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3056674\/house-gop-slash-funding-jack-smith-doj-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"hot-button policy issues\">hot-button policy issues<\/a> will be intensified in an election year when the balance of power in Washington could dramatically shift and alter which party controls the nation\u2019s purse strings.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the Appropriations Committee in the Democratic-led chamber will begin considering three funding bills, which cover spending for the legislative branch, military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Agriculture, and the Food and Drug Administration.<\/p>\n<p>The panel, led by Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) and ranking member Susan Collins (R-ME), passed all 12 last year in the summer for the first time in several years.<\/p>\n<p>House Republicans are further along in the process this year, having passed four of the 12 bills with plans next week to pass a fifth and consider another six in committee. Leadership has high ambitions to pass all 12 by the August recess, when Congress embarks on its annual monthlong summer break.<\/p>\n<p>Once both chambers pass their versions of the budget, lawmakers will need to reconcile their differences and hash out topline figures.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congress has until the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1 to approve government funding, otherwise a temporary spending bill must be passed to avoid a shutdown. With lawmakers having met that deadline only four times in the past 40 years and the November election fast approaching, a stopgap measure known as a continuing resolution will almost certainly be required until after the election. <\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers did not approve the full fiscal 2024 spending until late March of this year, nearly six months into the budget year.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1673310\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1673310\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-logo-a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" title=\"Washington Examiner\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-img-wrap\"><\/span><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-logo-text-title\">Washington Examiner<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Senate will start discussing its spending proposals for fiscal 2025 next week, setting the stage for a lengthy appropriations process that may involve temporary measures to prevent government shutdowns. Political tensions over spending and key policy issues will be heightened in an election year, with the balance of power potentially shifting. The Appropriations Committee in the Democratic-led Senate will begin reviewing three funding bills, covering various government departments. House Republicans are ahead in the process, aiming to pass all 12 bills before the August recess. Lawmakers must reconcile differences between the two chambers&#8217; budgets before the start of the new fiscal year on Oct. 1, likely requiring a temporary spending bill to avoid a shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2290316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/senate-budget-battle-to-begin.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[10119,34187,3653,3740],"class_list":["post-2290315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-collision","tag-election-year","tag-house","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/senate-budget-battle-to-begin.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290315","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2290315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2290315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2290316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2290315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2290315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2290315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}