House appropriators have released the text of a bill to keep the government operating after the end of the fiscal year on Oct. 1.
The bill increases the rate of spending to conform with the August 2011 debt ceiling deal, which set the 2013 rate at $1.047 trillion. That is $19 billion more than House Republicans wanted next year and at least some conservatives can be expected to vote against the continuing resolution.
The bill, the product of a House-Senate negotiation with input from the White House, contains no policy riders and House Democrats can be expected to support the bill along with House GOP leaders.
The size of the conservative defection may not be large.
In April 2011, House Republicans used the threat of a government shutdown to gain a cut in budget authority for the year of $38.5 billion. The confrontation hurt the popularity of the caucus, and GOP leaders have warned that a shutdown battle a month before the November election could be damaging. Conservatives this week said the price of the higher spending in the CR is getting the chance to cut 2013 spending next year when Republicans may control the White House and Senate.
The outline for the bill was agreed upon by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this summer, and Senate passage as early as this week seems assured. The House is expected to vote on the measure on Thursday.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/appropriations/248615-appropriators-release-clean-six-month-spending-bill
The bill increases the rate of spending to conform with the August 2011 debt ceiling deal, which set the 2013 rate at $1.047 trillion. That is $19 billion more than House Republicans wanted next year and at least some conservatives can be expected to vote against the continuing resolution.
The bill, the product of a House-Senate negotiation with input from the White House, contains no policy riders and House Democrats can be expected to support the bill along with House GOP leaders.
The size of the conservative defection may not be large.
In April 2011, House Republicans used the threat of a government shutdown to gain a cut in budget authority for the year of $38.5 billion. The confrontation hurt the popularity of the caucus, and GOP leaders have warned that a shutdown battle a month before the November election could be damaging. Conservatives this week said the price of the higher spending in the CR is getting the chance to cut 2013 spending next year when Republicans may control the White House and Senate.
The outline for the bill was agreed upon by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) this summer, and Senate passage as early as this week seems assured. The House is expected to vote on the measure on Thursday.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/appropriations/248615-appropriators-release-clean-six-month-spending-bill
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