Top Dem introduces short-term spending bills to reopen government
The House this week is slated to take up two continuing resolutions (CRs) aimed at temporarily reopening the government as negotiations remain stalled over funding for President Trump's border wall.
House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) introduced the stopgap measures Monday, the first of which would provide funding for closed government agencies through Feb. 1 and the second of which would provide funding through Feb. 28. Neither measure would provide additional funding for the barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border.
"The House has done its job and passed six pieces of legislation to reopen the government, but Senate Republicans refuse to take yes for an answer and end the shutdown,” Lowey said in a statement. “It is critical that we reopen the federal government, and these two new Continuing Resolutions offer President Trump and Senate Republicans additional options to end the shutdown while allowing time for negotiation on border security and immigration policy. We should pass them into law without delay.”
The shorter-term CR will be taken up Tuesday, while the longer-term CR is expected to come to the floor Thursday, a Democratic leadership aide confirmed.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/425296-top-dem-introduces-short-term-spending-bills-to-reopen-government
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