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House passes short-term funding bill to prevent a shutdown before the election
Confirmed
Members of the House voted have passed a short-term funding measure to keep the federal government open into early December and prevent a shutdown as lawmakers campaign for reelection. That bill included several Democratic demands, including a provision that would close a loophole that Democrats said allowed the Trump administration to transfer funds to Border Patrol, and language that would temporarily prevent political appointees from canceling federal grants.
The House, which returned Monday, passed the measure in a 370 to 48 vote after GOP leaders fast-tracked the bill, requiring two-thirds majority support for passage. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, encouraged Democrats to support the stopgap measure during their weekly caucus meeting Tuesday morning, according to Rep. Pete Aguilar of California.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said she hopes to become chair of the Appropriations Committee again if Democrats win the House. "It gives the nation and our constituents certainty, certainty that the government will remain open, certainty that our service members will be paid," said Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.
"We want to get a longer-term deal, but at a minimum, let's ensure that we can continue to see government properly funded and functioning," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, said Tuesday. But she said her only priority now is to finalize a full government funding deal for the new fiscal year before 2027 begins.
"Whether a community receives disaster relief should not depend on who they voted for in the last election," DeLauro said. "That's a big statement from the ranking member," said Aguilar, the chair of the House Democratic Caucus.
They have not passed a single bill," he said Tuesday, blaming Senate Democrats. The election “has a tremendous impact,” Cole said.
Now, whether we can do that or not is another matter,” Cole said, referring to the 12 appropriations bills that fund the government.
What's confirmed
- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said she hopes to become chair of the Appropriations Committee again if Democrats win the House.
- Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, encouraged Democrats to support the stopgap measure during their weekly caucus meeting Tuesday morning, according to Rep. Pete…
- Members of the House voted have passed a short-term funding measure to keep the federal government open into early December and prevent a shutdown as lawmakers campaign for reelection.
- The House, which returned Monday, passed the measure in a 370 to 48 vote after GOP leaders fast-tracked the bill, requiring two-thirds majority support for passage.
- "We want to get a longer-term deal, but at a minimum, let's ensure that we can continue to see government properly funded and functioning," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, said Tuesday.
- "Whether a community receives disaster relief should not depend on who they voted for in the last election," DeLauro said.
What's still developing
- Now, whether we can do that or not is another matter,” Cole said, referring to the 12 appropriations bills that fund the government.
- The election “has a tremendous impact,” Cole said.
- But she said her only priority now is to finalize a full government funding deal for the new fiscal year before 2027 begins.
- Members of the House voted have passed a short-term funding measure to keep the federal government open into early December and prevent a shutdown as lawmakers campaign for reelection.
- "It gives the nation and our constituents certainty, certainty that the government will remain open, certainty that our service members will be paid," said Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican chairman of the House…
- "Whether a community receives disaster relief should not depend on who they voted for in the last election," DeLauro said.
- The House, which returned Monday, passed the measure in a 370 to 48 vote after GOP leaders fast-tracked the bill, requiring two-thirds majority support for passage.
- "We want to get a longer-term deal, but at a minimum, let's ensure that we can continue to see government properly funded and functioning," House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, said Tuesday.