House Aims to Pass Stopgap Government-Funding Bill Next Week

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Source: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- The House is aiming to vote next week on a stopgap spending bill to keep the government open when the fiscal year ends on Oct. 1, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said.

The bill has not yet been formally scheduled because a draft hasn’t been finished. Republicans and Democrats have yet to agree on how long the stopgap will last until and on several minor tweaks to current spending levels.

A House vote next week would give the Senate enough time to process and pass the legislation by the end of the month, Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, said in a statement.

Senate Republicans and the administration favor a temporary funding bill lasting past the election into December, given that Congress has few scheduled days in session in November. Some Democrats are seeking a stopgap into next year, when they hope to gain control of the Senate and White House and to have more power over final appropriations bills for the year.

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[C Moon]

1. Here we go again. The GOP loves playing this game of not paying the bills--so does Trump.

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2. I am sure there is a way, but

how does one know a bill will pass if it is still being drafted?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. The GOP executing a government shutdown via a Senate rejection a month before the election

is a guaranteed loss for the GOP up and down their ticket. They will probably go along with a "short-term" CR until right before Christmas so whatever the outcome, the GOP Senate can and will put the squeeze on to extract blood from the turnip on their way out and into the new Congressional session.

As lame ducks, if they lose the Senate and/or the Presidency, the GOP will push for a long-term CR into next year (and would even try for a full year CR). And if they win either or both, we're fucked anyway.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

5. I could see Rand Paul messing it up for them.

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6. He thrives on the attention.

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4. I don't think dems should work with the fascists on this until a real stimulus package is voted on

all they are doing is helping tRump and his fellow fascists, let them squirm for a while.