{"id":2370870,"date":"2024-11-19T15:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T20:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-hopes-fade-for-year-end-spending-bill-running-out-of-time-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-19T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-19T20:08:59","slug":"senate-hopes-fade-for-year-end-spending-bill-running-out-of-time-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-hopes-fade-for-year-end-spending-bill-running-out-of-time-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate hopes fade for year-end spending bill: \u2018Running out of time\u2019 &#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%2Fsenate-hopes-fade-for-year-end-spending-bill-running-out-of-time-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=2370870&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 the diminishing hopes in the Senate for reaching an agreement on a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidenflation-has-cost-average-u-s-household-10k-over-past-two-years\/\" title=\"Bidenflation Has Cost Average U.S. Household k Over Past Two Years\">year-end spending bill<\/a> ahead<\/a> of a looming shutdown deadline on December 20. Lawmakers are concerned that, due to\u200b time constraints and the impending recess \u2062in November, crafting a comprehensive\u200c spending deal will be increasingly\u2064 difficult. Key political dynamics complicate negotiations, including House Republicans&#8217; reluctance to make compromises ahead of a\u2062 leadership vote and \u200dPresident-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s anticipated influence on funding priorities. Senators are also highlighting the need \u200bfor a\u200b clean slate in the coming year to focus on extending tax cuts rather than grappling with\u2063 this year&#8217;s budget. \u2063Some Democrats believe that further <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-caucus-opposes-short-term-continuing-resolution-unless-conservative-policies-are-passed-alongside\/\" title=\"Freedom Caucus opposes short-term continuing resolution without conservative policies.\">short-term funding extensions<\/a> will only lead to\u200d further \u2063uncertainty in federal budgets. there \u200cis a consensus that time is running short for a productive agreement.  <\/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\">Senate hopes fade for year-end spending bill: &lsquo;We&rsquo;re running out of time&rsquo;<\/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_1885799\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a> appropriators increasingly expect that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Congress<\/a> will punt government funding into early next year despite appetite on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Capitol Hill<\/a> for a full-year spending deal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say time is running short for party leaders to come to an agreement before a Dec. 20 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">shutdown deadline<\/a>. Congress will soon be on recess for the rest of November, leaving just three weeks to craft an omnibus bill in December.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;re running out of time,&rdquo; Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a senior appropriator, said on Monday. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s face it, this is the 18th, if I&rsquo;m not mistaken, and we&rsquo;re supposed to be out of here by the middle of December.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate is consumed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3234094\/republicans-jam-up-senate-democrats-on-biden-judicial-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"processing judicial nominees\">processing judicial nominees<\/a> and will turn its attention to other must-pass legislation in December, in particular an extension of the farm bill and Congress&rsquo;s annual defense bill.<\/p>\n<p>But hanging over the talks are a series of political dynamics that make a compromise even less likely.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Johnson (R-LA), vying to become speaker again, is facing a tough vote on the House floor in January and won&rsquo;t want to upset his right flank with a spending deal weeks before Democrats lose power in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Even more important is President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s preference on the funding given he will be returning to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans had been arguing that Trump will want a &ldquo;clean slate&rdquo; next year as lawmakers devote the bulk of their attention to extending his 2017 tax cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), the top Republican on the Appropriations Committee, also expressed concern that a short extension would set Congress back on crafting its spending bills for the coming fiscal 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They&rsquo;re not going to want to be in a food fight about this year&rsquo;s budget,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;They should get that done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Johnson, who spent several days with Trump last week, signaled his preference for a short-term extension on Sunday. Further dimming its prospects, Collins said the two sides only have until the end of this week to strike an agreement on top-line spending.<\/p>\n<p>The position of Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), the chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has been that spending negotiations will require Democratic buy-in, whether they are in the majority or not, and that another short-term extension only injects uncertainty into federal budgets.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Neither chamber will have an overwhelming majority, and these spending bills will be a bipartisan product, just as they already are,&rdquo; Murray said last week.<\/p>\n<p>But for now, there appears to be no appetite for a shutdown fight. In September, Johnson lost a battle to extend government funding into March, yet that appears to be the exact scenario Congress is headed toward with the latest funding deadline approaching.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans are either split or agnostic, given they will be taking over Washington next year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You know, it&rsquo;s really a judgment call. I can argue it both ways,&rdquo; said Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), an adviser to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). He noted that unspent funds can be &ldquo;clawed back&rdquo; next year if Republicans are in charge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220465\/what-trump-promised-day-one-white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO DO ON DAY 1 IN THE OVAL OFFICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But there is a recognition on the Republican side, too, that a short-term extension, known as a continuing resolution, is the likeliest path at this point.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;ve waited so long; I think a CR may be inevitable,&rdquo; said Cornyn.<\/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_1885799\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1885799\"}});<\/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&#8217;s chances for a year-end spending bill diminish as time runs out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2370871,"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\/05\/AP24068074941739.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4463,5045,3740,32464,18265],"class_list":["post-2370870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-budget","tag-government","tag-senate","tag-spending-bill","tag-year-end"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24068074941739.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370870","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\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2370870"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2370874,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2370870\/revisions\/2370874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2370871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2370870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2370870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2370870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}