{"id":2343352,"date":"2024-09-19T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-to-step-in-with-spending-bill-after-johnson-strategy-fails-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-19T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:57:07","slug":"schumer-to-step-in-with-spending-bill-after-johnson-strategy-fails-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-to-step-in-with-spending-bill-after-johnson-strategy-fails-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Schumer to \u2018step in\u2019 with spending bill after Johnson strategy fails &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fschumer-to-step-in-with-spending-bill-after-johnson-strategy-fails-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=2343352&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>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is \u200bpreparing to introduce a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-says-he-doesnt-want-to-part-of-republican-team-after-passing-continuing-resolution\/\" title=\"McCarthy rejects Republican team after passing Continuing Resolution.\">stopgap spending \u200dbill<\/a> next week in an\u2064 effort to avert a government shutdown \u200cset for October 1. This decision follows the recent rejection \u2063of a funding proposal by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and the Republican-led House, which aimed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-to-expect-on-capitol-hill-this-week-amid-mad-dash-toward-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"What&#039;s happening on Capitol Hill this week as government shutdown looms\">maintain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-shutdown-averted-after-senate-passes-short-term-funding-bill\/\" title=\"Government Shutdown Averted After Senate Passes Short-Term Funding Bill\">current funding levels<\/a><\/a> while introducing a controversial voter registration bill. Schumer criticized House Republicans for lacking a\u2064 viable plan to keep the government functioning, stating that the Senate would take over \u2063the responsibility to prevent what he termed\u2063 a &#8220;Trump shutdown.&#8221; The proposed\u2063 Senate legislation \u200bseeks to extend \u2064current funding until December, \u2064allowing lawmakers to negotiate a comprehensive budget during the lame-duck\u200c session \u2064following the\u200c upcoming elections, while House Republicans had planned to delay decisions until March, hoping for a GOP victory in the\u200b elections.  <\/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\">Schumer to &lsquo;step in&rsquo; with stopgap spending bill after Johnson&rsquo;s failed funding strategy<\/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_1763528\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) on Thursday will tee up a stopgap spending bill for a vote next week in a last-minute bid to avert an Oct. 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3152639\/senators-grow-anxious-mike-johnson-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"government shutdown\">government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The legislative move comes the day after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3158556\/house-rejects-plan-avert-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"GOP-led House rejected\">Republican-led House rejected<\/a> Speaker Mike Johnson&rsquo;s (R-LA) proposal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-clears-key-hurdles-on-stalled-spending-measure-with-flurry-of-amendments\/\" title=\"Senate makes progress on stalled spending measure with flurry of amendments.\">extend current funding levels<\/a> into the next presidential administration that included a Republican proof-of-citizenship voter registration bill dubbed the SAVE Act.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate taking the reins will &ldquo;enable us to prevent a Trump shutdown in the event that Speaker Johnson does not work with us in a bipartisan, bicameral manner,&rdquo; Schumer said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now that their efforts have failed, House Republicans don&rsquo;t seem to have any plan for actually keeping the government open,&rdquo; Schumer said. &ldquo;So, the Senate will step in.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic and Republican Senate leaders are eyeing an extension of current funding levels until sometime in December, giving lawmakers the opportunity to negotiate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secdef-to-congress-get-a-military-budget-done-already\/\" title=\"SecDef to Congress: Get a Military Budget Done Already\">full-year budget<\/a> in the lame-duck session after the election but before a new Congress and administration in January. House Republicans&rsquo; strategy was to kick the can until March, with hopes that a GOP sweep of Congress and the White House would allow them to exert greater control over the purse strings.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson sought to appease hard-line conservatives who typically oppose such stopgap spending measures, known as continuing resolutions, by attaching the SAVE Act, but 14 Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in shooting it down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump is urging Republicans to invoke a shutdown if they cannot secure the SAVE Act, a tactic Senate Republicans have aggressively advocated against over fears it would backfire just weeks before voters head to the ballot box. Trump and his allies say the legislation is crucial for election integrity, a claim Democrats dismiss as &ldquo;fearmongering&rdquo; because of scant evidence of noncitizens voting in federal elections.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Republicans don&rsquo;t get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it, they should not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form,&rdquo; Trump posted Wednesday on Truth Social just hours before Johnson&rsquo;s failed vote. &ldquo;BE SMART, REPUBLICANS, YOU&rsquo;VE BEEN PUSHED AROUND LONG ENOUGH BY THE DEMOCRATS. DON&rsquo;T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.&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_1763528\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1763528\"}});<\/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>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) plans to introduce a stopgap spending bill for a vote next week in an urgent effort to prevent a government shutdown on October 1. This action follows the Republican-controlled House&#8217;s rejection of Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s (R-LA) proposal, which aimed to maintain current funding levels into the next presidential administration while including a controversial voter registration bill known as the SAVE Act. Schumer stated that by taking charge, the Senate can help avoid what he referred to as a &#8220;Trump shutdown&#8221; if Speaker Johnson does not collaborate in a bipartisan way. He criticized House Republicans for lacking an alternative plan after their proposal failed, saying, \u201cSo, the Senate will step in.\u201d Both Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate are considering extending current funding until December, allowing time for lawmakers to negotiate a full-year budget during the lame-duck session after elections but before new congressional and presidential terms begin in January. In contrast, House Republicans had hoped to delay decisions until March with expectations of gaining more control following potential GOP victories. Johnson attempted to satisfy hardline conservatives who typically oppose temporary funding measures by linking them with the SAVE Act; however, 14 Republicans joined nearly all Democrats in voting against it. Former President Donald Trump is urging Republicans to consider shutting down the government if they cannot pass the SAVE Act\u2014a strategy that Senate Republicans have warned against due to concerns it could backfire just before elections. Trump and his supporters argue that this legislation is vital for election integrity; however, Democrats dismiss these claims as unfounded fearmongering given limited evidence of noncitizen voting in federal elections. On Wednesday morning before Johnson&#8217;s failed vote, Trump posted on Truth Social urging Republicans not to agree to any continuing resolution without securing every aspect of the SAVE Act: \u201cBE SMART, REPUBLICANS; YOU\u2019VE BEEN PUSHED AROUND LONG ENOUGH BY THE DEMOCRATS.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2343353,"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\/senate-step-in-avoid-government-shutdown.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4162,4411,32464],"class_list":["post-2343352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-johnson","tag-schumer","tag-spending-bill"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/senate-step-in-avoid-government-shutdown.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343352","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=2343352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}