{"id":2407200,"date":"2025-02-26T19:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T00:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-happens-next-with-the-federal-budget-as-government-shutdown-looms-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T19:40:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T00:40:24","slug":"what-happens-next-with-the-federal-budget-as-government-shutdown-looms-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-happens-next-with-the-federal-budget-as-government-shutdown-looms-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens next with the federal budget as government shutdown looms &#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%2Fwhat-happens-next-with-the-federal-budget-as-government-shutdown-looms-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=2407200&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 current state of the federal budget as a potential government shutdown\u2064 approaches. Both the House and Senate have passed their budget resolutions, but they must negotiate the differences before finalizing the fiscal plan. Speaker Mike Johnson \u200cmanaged to secure a narrow \u2063passage\u2063 in the \u200dHouse, \u2064while the Senate&#8217;s\u2063 resolution \u2063passed\u2064 along party lines,\u200c allowing Republicans to\u2063 bypass the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>The article explains \u200cthe\u200b budget \u2063process\u2062 in Congress,detailing \u2064how federal agencies submit requests,which the president then sends\u200b to congress. committees in both\u200c houses create spending\u2063 bills based on these budget \u200bresolutions. The House proposes\u2064 meaningful spending \u200bcuts and tax\u200c reforms, while\u2062 the Senate&#8217;s version differs in specifics.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the budget progress, a government shutdown \u200bremains a possibility due to \u200bunresolved funding\u2062 for\u200d the current \u200bfiscal\u200b period, with \u200da continuing resolution seeming like the most viable solution. Both parties \u2062express the importance of bipartisan cooperation to avoid a shutdown,\u2063 but political dynamics suggest that the threat \u2062of a shutdown persists, with the necessity for\u2062 Democratic support likely, given the GOP&#8217;s slim majority.  <\/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\">What happens next with the federal budget as a government shutdown looms<\/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_1976075\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a> have passed their respective budgets after a dramatic showing from GOP leadership <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3330032\/house-passes-trump-budget-resolution-mike-johnson-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">in the House Tuesday evening<\/a>, but both still need to be negotiated between the two chambers. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After whipping Republican holdouts in the final minutes before the House vote, Speaker <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) was able to narrowly pass the budget resolution through the lower chamber with the GOP&rsquo;s slim majority. House committees can now draft legislation at certain spending levels.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Senate&rsquo;s version of the budget resolution allows Republicans to bypass the filibuster and was adopted 52-48 along party lines, with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) being the lone GOP &ldquo;no&rdquo; vote.<\/p>\n<p>The budgets advancing have no effect on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3330383\/congress-government-shutdown-talks-trump-poison-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">looming government shutdown<\/a> in March, but they do set the table for what next year will look like.<\/p>\n<p>Here&rsquo;s what to know moving forward:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How the budget process works in Congress<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">annual federal budget process typically begins<\/a> with federal agencies sending requests to the president, who then submits a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leading-democrat-slams-biden-for-defense-budget-delay\/\" title=\"Leading Democrat Slams Biden for Defense ... Delay\">detailed budget request<\/a> to Congress for the coming fiscal year, which starts on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>Congress then holds hearings in 12 appropriations subcommittees to ask administration officials about their requests. The legislative branch typically develops its own budget plan, called a &ldquo;budget resolution.&rdquo; The twelve subcommittees then negotiate their own spending bills to fund different functions in the federal government such as defense spending and energy.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate and House, now that they have both passed their version of the budget, will enter negotiations to finalize the legislation. There are some differences between the two texts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The House version authorizes between $1.5 trillion and $2 trillion in spending cuts, as well as a $4 trillion debt ceiling increase. Unlike the Senate&rsquo;s budget resolution, the House version calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts in order to renew portions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which are set to expire at the end of this year. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is viewed among Republicans as one of the most successful pieces of legislation passed in President Donald Trump first term in office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congress is supposed to pass the budget resolution by April 15, which is five and a half months before the Oct. 1 start of the fiscal year, but negotiations between the two chambers often take longer.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear at this time which version Trump prefers. About an hour before the budget resolution landed on the House floor, he told reporters he is &ldquo;looking at them both&rdquo; and will pick which version he likes better.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know the Senate&rsquo;s doing very well, and the House is doing very well, but each one of them has things that I like, so we&rsquo;ll see if we can come together,&rdquo; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>Both chambers must pass a single version of each funding bill. Congress is then tasked with sending the approved funding bills to the president to sign or veto.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Likelihood of a government shutdown next month<\/h2>\n<p>Because this budget would not go into effect until the next fiscal year, Congress still needs to figure out how to continue funding the government through March 14, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hardball-marjorie-taylor-greene-threatens-government-shutdown-unless-biden-impeachment-inquiry-vote-happens\/\" title=\"Marjorie Taylor Greene demands Biden impeachment vote or threatens ....\">current budget expires<\/a>. Largely due to infighting among House Republicans in the 118th Congress, the House was unable to pass a new budget and relied on continuing resolutions to continue funding the government on the budget set in years prior.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At this time, a CR appears to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3330383\/congress-government-shutdown-talks-trump-poison-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the most likely path<\/a> for the government to stay open. Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) told Senate Republicans on Tuesday that extending the current budget until the Oct. 1 deadline is now the likeliest option.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I prefer, obviously, always prefer to move bills, individual bills, or at least bundled, packaged. But, you know, we&rsquo;re running out of time, and so we&rsquo;ve got a short window to work with,&rdquo; Thune said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic leaders have said they do not want to shut down the government. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has stated&nbsp;Democrats will not push for a shutdown to fight Trump&rsquo;s agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Democrats stand ready to support legislation that will prevent a government shutdown,&rdquo; Schumer&nbsp;wrote in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.democrats.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/leader-schumer-dear-colleague-letter-on-confronting-the-trump-administrations-assault-on-american-families\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the letter<\/a>&nbsp;to his conference. &ldquo;Congressional Republicans, despite their bluster, know full well that governing requires bipartisan negotiation and cooperation. It is incumbent on responsible Republicans to get serious and work in a bipartisan fashion to avoid a Trump Shutdown.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, recent shutdown showdowns have had to be saved with Democratic votes. With the GOP&rsquo;s razor-thin House majority and a number of hard-line conservative members refusing to vote in favor of continuing resolutions, it is likely that Republicans will need Democrats once again if they wish to keep the government open.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), who is friendly with GOP leadership, told reporters that a shutdown would be on Democrats despite them being in the minority.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Republicans do not have the votes to keep government open on our own. If the Democrats want to shut it down, they can,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/meredithllee\/status\/1894403666469069169\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3265273\/what-happens-during-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT HAPPENS IF CONGRESS DOESN&rsquo;T PASS A STOPGAP SPENDING BILL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA), the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, addressed Johnson&rsquo;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Republicans don&rsquo;t want to govern, they just need to give us a couple votes and we&rsquo;ll put Hakeem Jeffries in the speaker chair,&rdquo; he said.<\/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_1976075\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1976075\"}});<\/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>Federal budget negotiations continue as a shutdown approaches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2407201,"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\/2025\/01\/reconciliaiton.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46244,39629,33017],"class_list":["post-2407200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-federal-budget","tag-government-shutdown","tag-political-analysis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/reconciliaiton.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407200","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407204,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407200\/revisions\/2407204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}