To avoid another government shutdown, the House of Representatives passed yet another short-term spending bill on Tuesday, this one to extend the funding deadline to just a few days before Christmas.
In a 231-192 vote, lawmakers in the lower chamber approved a measure that would continue funding the federal government at current levels until December 20, thereby punting four weeks past the looming partial shutdown deadline of midnight Thursday.
Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., met with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in an effort to overcome the border security stalemate ahead of the spending deadline.
The current temporary spending measure was signed by President Trump at the end of September.
In a floor speech supporting the measure ahead of the Tuesday vote, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., blamed Senate inaction as the reason for needing to pass the short-term bill.
Texas Rep. Kay Granger, the top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, spoke against the measure, saying, "No business in the world could survive on temporary funding doled out on a month-to-month basis" and called on members of both parties and both chambers "To immediately come together, put politics aside, and work together to reach an agreement for a full-year appropriations measure that the president can sign."
The measure now heads to the Senate, where it is expected to pass.
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/house-approves-funding-measure-punt-government-shutdown-deadline-friday-christmas/
In a 231-192 vote, lawmakers in the lower chamber approved a measure that would continue funding the federal government at current levels until December 20, thereby punting four weeks past the looming partial shutdown deadline of midnight Thursday.
Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., met with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in an effort to overcome the border security stalemate ahead of the spending deadline.
The current temporary spending measure was signed by President Trump at the end of September.
In a floor speech supporting the measure ahead of the Tuesday vote, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., blamed Senate inaction as the reason for needing to pass the short-term bill.
Texas Rep. Kay Granger, the top Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, spoke against the measure, saying, "No business in the world could survive on temporary funding doled out on a month-to-month basis" and called on members of both parties and both chambers "To immediately come together, put politics aside, and work together to reach an agreement for a full-year appropriations measure that the president can sign."
The measure now heads to the Senate, where it is expected to pass.
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/house-approves-funding-measure-punt-government-shutdown-deadline-friday-christmas/
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