{"id":2336263,"date":"2024-09-03T16:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T20:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-look-to-punt-government-spending-fight-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-03T17:02:54","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T21:02:54","slug":"house-republicans-look-to-punt-government-spending-fight-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-look-to-punt-government-spending-fight-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans look to punt government spending fight &#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%2Fhouse-republicans-look-to-punt-government-spending-fight-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=2336263&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>House Republicans are considering postponing a resolution on government funding until the next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-slams-pelosis-partisan-commission-proposal\/\" title=\"McConnell slams Pelosi\u2019s partisan commission proposal\">administration takes office<\/a>, aiming for\u2063 a deal in early 2024. \u200cHouse Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is expected to \u2062propose a continuing resolution that would extend \u200bexisting funding levels until March 2025. However, this plan may\u2063 provoke \u2062opposition\u2062 from Democrats as it excludes specific\u200d agreements made by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President \u2062Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200dproposal also includes the SAVE Act, which mandates proof of citizenship \u2062for voter registration\u2014 \u2063a provision likely to hinder bipartisan support\u200b and provoke \u200ca veto from the White House. There are pressures within the Republican Party to leverage their position, fearing \u2062that Democrats might push through significant spending increases during President Biden\u2019s\u2063 remaining months.<\/p>\n<p>Opponents within the Democratic Party argue this strategy is harmful and \u2063reflects a partisan approach to government funding, potentially leading to a shutdown. Lawmakers are \u200cfacing a tight deadline, with the current funding set to \u200dexpire on October 1, leaving\u2062 them little time to\u200d work out \u200ca deal as they\u2063 return \u200bfrom recess. The situation continues to evolve, with factions within the GOP expressing strong \u200dopinions on how to\u200b move forward.  <\/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\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Republicans look to punt government spending fight into next administration<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1741997\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House GOP<\/a> leaders are looking to punt a deal on government funding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3118220\/house-freedom-caucus-punt-spending-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>into early next year,<\/a> hoping to leave it until after a new administration has been sworn into the White House and possible new majorities are settled in both chambers of Congress.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is expected to unveil his plan for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3013669\/house-gop-seek-ambitious-schedule-pass-spending-bills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>government spending<\/a> when lawmakers reconvene next week. The plan would extend the funding deadline into March 2025, a source familiar with the matter told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. The five-month continuing resolution would extend the same funding levels that were agreed to for fiscal 2024 by then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>However, the continuing resolution would not include the &ldquo;side deals&rdquo; hammered out by the pair, which could put it in peril with Democrats in both the House and Senate who would likely reject that legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-progress-stalls-as-republicans-appear-to-walk-back-stopgap-spending-deal\/\" title=\"House progress stalls as Republicans backtrack on stopgap spending deal.\">stopgap spending deal<\/a> would also attach the SAVE Act, a bill negotiated by Johnson and former President Donald Trump that would require proof of citizenship for voter registration, a source familiar with the planning told the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em>The inclusion of that legislation likely makes any sort of spending deal dead on arrival in the Democratic-led Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Even if it did pass the upper chamber, the White House has already vowed to veto it.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal to delay a government spending deal until next year comes as Johnson has faced pressure from those on his right flank to &ldquo;use our leverage&rdquo; to ensure Democrats cannot use Biden&rsquo;s final months in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-old-man-and-the-aoc\/\" title=\"The Old Man and the AOC\">lame-duck period<\/a> to push through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tuberville-democrat-relief-bill-to-spark-inflation-fuel-poverty\/\" title=\"Sen. Tuberville: Democrat \u2018relief\u2019 bill to spark inflation, fuel poverty\">massive spending bill<\/a> that advances the party&rsquo;s agenda. Instead, the group wants to delay the process until next year after they hope Trump is sworn in for a second term.<\/p>\n<p>House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) decried that proposition, claiming it is the &ldquo;latest example&rdquo; of Republicans &ldquo;holding the government hostage&rdquo; to secure their agenda priorities even at the risk of a government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We cannot fund the government&mdash;with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-backs-funding-bill-to-avoid-shutdown-i-will-sign-it-immediately\/\" title=\"Biden Supports Spending Bill to Prevent Shutdown, Pledges Prompt Signature\">full-year funding bills<\/a> or a continuing resolution&mdash;without the support of both Democrats and Republicans in the House and the Senate,&rdquo; DeLauro said in a statement. &ldquo;But just like last year, House Republicans have taken the process of funding the government down a partisan path&mdash;forcing us to consider extreme, harmful funding bills that have no chance of becoming law.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But that could be easier said than done for Johnson. Several of his most hard-line members in the House GOP caucus are threatening to vote against a final spending deal if the SAVE Act is not attached.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who was among the first to make such a demand, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that she has even spoken with Trump about threatening a government shutdown if certain policies were not attached &mdash; something she said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3139150\/trump-escalates-call-shutdown-fight-save-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"the former president approves\">the former president approves<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump overwhelmingly supports it,&rdquo; Greene said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve talked about it with him multiple times. He definitely supports putting the CR and SAVE Act together and fighting for it, even if [that means] a government shutdown. Fighting for election integrity is worth it because if we don&rsquo;t have fair elections, if we don&rsquo;t have elections we can trust, we don&rsquo;t have a government. And that&rsquo;s really the reality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Government spending is set to expire at midnight on Oct. 1, giving lawmakers just three weeks to pass some sort of extension when they return from their six-week recess on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>House leaders initially planned to pass all 12 of their appropriations bills before adjourning in late July, an ambitious goal they failed to meet due to intraparty disagreement. Instead, the House only managed to pass five, with the others either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3078148\/house-gop-fails-pass-bill-funding-legislative-branch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>failing on the floor<\/a> or being <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cami_mondeaux\/status\/1815931042546815237\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pulled from consideration<\/a> because of a lack of support.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Senate has not passed any of the bills, largely acknowledging the spending fight will rest in the hands of the next administration. Even so, House Democrats have largely blamed Republicans for the lack of a finalized budget.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just like last year, House Republicans&rsquo; refusal to meet House Democrats at the table has left us without time to pass all 12 bills before the end of September,&rdquo; DeLauro said. &ldquo;We need a continuing resolution because House Republicans let their most extreme members drive the ship. Let us hope they do not drive us straight to a Republican shutdown.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\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_1741997\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1741997\"}});<\/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\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans are aiming to postpone the government funding negotiations until early next year, anticipating that a new administration will be in place and potential new majorities established in Congress. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is expected to present his government spending plan when lawmakers return next week. This proposal would extend the funding deadline to March 2025, according to a source familiar with the situation. The five-month continuing resolution would maintain the same funding levels agreed upon for fiscal 2024 by then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden, but it would exclude certain &#8220;side deals&#8221; made between them, which could lead to opposition from Democrats in both chambers of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, this temporary spending measure is likely to include the SAVE Act\u2014a bill negotiated by Johnson and former President Donald Trump that mandates proof of citizenship for voter registration\u2014making it unlikely to pass in the Democratic-controlled Senate. Even if it were approved there, the White House has indicated it would veto such legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to delay a government spending agreement until next year comes amid pressure on Johnson from more conservative members of his party who want him to leverage their position so that Democrats cannot push through significant spending measures during Biden&#8217;s final months as president. They prefer postponing discussions until after they hope Trump will take office again.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Representative Rosa DeLauro (CT), ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, criticized this approach as another instance of Republicans &#8220;holding the government hostage&#8221; for their agenda while risking a shutdown. She emphasized that bipartisan support is necessary for any funding bills or resolutions.<\/p>\n<p>However, achieving consensus may prove challenging for Johnson as some hardline members threaten not to support any final deal unless it includes the SAVE Act. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has even mentioned discussing with Trump about potentially shutting down the government if specific policies aren&#8217;t included\u2014something she claims he supports.<\/p>\n<p>With government funding set to expire at midnight on October 1st, lawmakers have only three weeks upon returning from recess on Monday to reach an agreement. Initially aiming high by planning all twelve appropriations bills before adjourning in late July, House leaders fell short due largely to internal disagreements; only five bills were passed while others either failed or were withdrawn due lack of support.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Senate leaders have not advanced any appropriations bills either and seem resigned that resolving these issues will fall under future leadership. Nonetheless, House Democrats continue blaming Republicans for failing to finalize a budget before September ends due largely because they refuse collaboration with their party counterparts at critical junctures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2336264,"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\/06\/AP24156547492326.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38020,32412,32920,32504,32076],"class_list":["post-2336263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-budget-negotiations","tag-government-spending","tag-house-republicans","tag-political-strategy","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24156547492326.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336263","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\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2336264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}