House Aims to Pass Stopgap Government-Funding Bill Next Week [View all]
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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