{"id":2341826,"date":"2024-09-16T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-tees-up-woke-week-votes-with-spending-bill-in-limbo-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T13:03:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T17:03:24","slug":"house-gop-tees-up-woke-week-votes-with-spending-bill-in-limbo-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-tees-up-woke-week-votes-with-spending-bill-in-limbo-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP tees up \u2018woke week\u2019 votes with spending bill in limbo &#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\">30<\/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-gop-tees-up-woke-week-votes-with-spending-bill-in-limbo-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=2341826&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 article discusses \u200dthe current political situation in\u2062 the \u200cU.S. House of \u2064Representatives as it\u2062 prepares\u200b to\u200b reconvene amidst an impending government \u200bshutdown. With only\u200c two \u200dweeks to reach a spending agreement, House GOP leaders are focusing on several &#8220;messaging bills&#8221; aimed at countering\u2064 what they refer to as &#8220;wokeness&#8221; in government policies, including\u200c the End Woke Higher Education Act. Although there is a\u2063 mention of a potential government funding\u200b item on the House \u200bschedule, no \u200csignificant progress has been made since Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s recent attempt to propose a \u2062funding plan was pulled before a\u2064 scheduled vote due to Republican opposition.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s plan involved extending\u2063 fiscal\u2062 2024 spending levels but included contentious requirements, which ultimately did not satisfy certain hard-line GOP members. As a result, Johnson\u200b faces multiple challenging choices \u200bmoving forward: \u2064adjusting the proposal to\u200c gain more support \u2063from hard-liners, pursuing a &#8220;clean&#8221; \u2062continuing resolution that might attract \u200cDemocratic \u200cvotes, \u2062or waiting \u2063for the Senate to advance\u200d its\u200d own funding strategy. The complex political dynamics and \u2064the pressures of upcoming deadlines place\u2063 Johnson in a precarious situation\u200b as\u2063 he navigates the path forward for funding \u2064negotiations. Meanwhile, the Senate \u200cis also preparing to \u200dvote on\u2063 its own\u200c related \u2063bills.  <\/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 GOP tees up &lsquo;woke week&rsquo; votes with spending bill in limbo<\/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_1748571\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The House is set to return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday with just two weeks before a scheduled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3153838\/vulnerable-republicans-warn-against-idiotic-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>government shutdown<\/a> and virtually no progress on a spending deal to avoid it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Meanwhile, GOP leaders are focused on teeing up a number of messaging bills to combat &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/woke-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wokeness<\/a>&rdquo; in the federal government, with legislation such as the End Woke Higher Education Act and Protecting Americans&rsquo; Investments from Woke Policies Act. The House schedule indicates &ldquo;an item related to government funding may be considered&rdquo; at some point during the week, but it&rsquo;s not clear whether Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has made any progress since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3150854\/house-gop-scraps-vote-government-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pulling his continuing resolution<\/a> from the floor last week.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson unveiled his plan to fund the government earlier this month, proposing to extend fiscal 2024 spending levels into next year but only if lawmakers attach the Republicans&rsquo; SAVE Act, which would require proof of citizenship for voter registration. Although that caveat was made to appease some of his most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-touts-early-house-momentum-as-biggest-challenges-lie-ahead\/\" title=\"McCarthy touts early House momentum as biggest challenges lie ahead\">hard-line members<\/a>, the proposal was rejected by some of those very same Republicans who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-lawmakers-ready-to-turn-page-on-spending-battle-as-gop-discusses-paths-forward-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"House lawmakers ready to turn page on spending battle as GOP discusses paths forward - Washington Examiner\">demanded including spending cuts<\/a> even at the risk of a shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Johnson was forced to pull the vote from consideration just hours before it was scheduled to receive a vote on the floor. The speaker said he and other GOP leaders would continue discussions over the weekend, although it&rsquo;s not clear whether a deal has been made to convince key holdouts to switch their vote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, for his part, doesn&rsquo;t seem too rushed. The speaker has several options he could pursue.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He could tweak the proposal to get more of his hard-liners on board, although a handful of lawmakers in the self-described &ldquo;Never CR&rdquo; group have vowed not to support a stopgap spending bill regardless of what policies are attached.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson could also move forward with a so-called &ldquo;clean&rdquo; continuing resolution with no policy riders, which would likely garner support from Democrats to help move it past the finish line. Of course, relying on his colleagues across the aisle to pass a spending deal is certain to anger hard-right Republicans, putting Johnson in a tough spot as he considers his next moves.<\/p>\n<p>If that doesn&rsquo;t work out, Johnson could wait for the Senate to move its own continuing resolution forward and vote on that instead. Such a proposal would likely postpone the deadline to mid-December, as it has typically done in previous years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Senate will move forward with its own messaging bills this week with a vote scheduled on Sen. Tammy Duckworth&rsquo;s (D-IL) Right to IVF Act. The vote is meant to squeeze Senate Republicans who have previously blocked the bill from consideration but now face promises from former President Donald Trump on the campaign trail to require private insurance companies to cover the fertilization procedure.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We have seen the Republican Party&rsquo;s nominee for president claim to be &lsquo;a leader in fertilization,&rsquo;&rdquo; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) wrote in a letter to colleagues Sunday. &ldquo;So, we are going to give our Republican colleagues another chance to show the American people where they stand.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Congress has until the end of September to pass its annual budget before the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-approves-mail-in-ballots-for-2021-election\/\" title=\"California Approves Mail-In Ballots For 2021 Election\">fiscal year begins<\/a> on Oct. 1. If not, the government will enter a shutdown until some sort of spending deal has passed, a fate some GOP lawmakers are looking to avoid ahead of the November election.<\/p>\n<p>The concern clashes with the desires of Trump, who has pushed Republicans to pass proof-of-citizenship voting legislation as part of any funding bill ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline &mdash; even at the risk of a partial shutdown to get it done.<\/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_1748571\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1748571\"}});<\/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>The House GOP is preparing for a &#8220;woke week&#8221; of votes while the spending bill remains uncertain. The House will reconvene on Tuesday, just two weeks away from a potential government shutdown, with little advancement on a spending agreement to prevent it. In the meantime, Republican leaders are prioritizing several messaging bills aimed at addressing &#8220;wokeness&#8221; in the federal government, including the End Woke Higher Education Act and Protecting Americans\u2019 Investments from Woke Policies Act. The House schedule suggests that an item related to government funding may be discussed this week; however, it&#8217;s unclear if Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has made any headway since withdrawing his continuing resolution last week.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Johnson proposed a plan to fund the government by extending fiscal 2024 spending levels into next year but only if lawmakers agreed to include Republicans&#8217; SAVE Act, which mandates proof of citizenship for voter registration. This condition was intended to satisfy some of his more hardline members but was ultimately rejected by those same Republicans who insisted on spending cuts even at the risk of a shutdown. Consequently, Johnson had to retract the vote just hours before it was set to occur.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson mentioned that he and other GOP leaders would continue discussions over the weekend; however, it&#8217;s uncertain whether they reached an agreement with key dissenters. He appears unhurried and has several options available: he could modify his proposal to gain support from more hardliners or opt for a &#8220;clean&#8221; continuing resolution without policy attachments that might attract Democratic backing.<\/p>\n<p>However, relying on Democrats could provoke backlash from far-right Republicans and complicate Johnson&#8217;s decision-making process. Alternatively, he might wait for the Senate&#8217;s own continuing resolution proposal which could push back deadlines until mid-December as seen in previous years.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the Senate this week there will be votes on messaging bills as well; one notable vote is scheduled for Sen. Tammy Duckworth\u2019s (D-IL) Right to IVF Act aimed at pressuring Senate Republicans who have previously blocked it while facing promises from former President Donald Trump regarding insurance coverage for fertilization procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) highlighted Trump&#8217;s claims about being \u201ca leader in fertilization\u201d in a letter urging Republican colleagues to clarify their stance on this issue before Congress must finalize its annual budget by September 30 or face another shutdown\u2014something many GOP lawmakers want to avoid ahead of November elections despite Trump&#8217;s push for proof-of-citizenship voting legislation tied into any funding deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2341827,"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\/09\/Mike-Johnson-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32455,32464,40997],"class_list":["post-2341826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-house-gop","tag-spending-bill","tag-woke-week"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Mike-Johnson-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341826","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=2341826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341826\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}