Johnson leaves door open to full-year funding stopgap [View all]
Source: The Hill
02/12/25 7:27 PM ET
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) didn’t rule out a full-year stopgap to keep the government funded through the end of the fiscal year, as lawmakers struggle to strike a bipartisan deal.
Pressed by reporters on the chances of a full-year stopgap, Johnson left the door open on Wednesday afternoon. “We’re trying to negotiate in good faith, but Democrats have sent over counter offers that are just simply not acceptable, and they know that, and so we’re looking at all options,” he said.
Reports emerged Wednesday afternoon that Johnson was pushing for a full-year funding stopgap, which could keep funding mostly at the levels hashed out in the last Congress, for the rest of fiscal 2025.
Top negotiators have been hopeful of striking a deal hashing out new funding levels for the remainder of fiscal 2025. But lawmakers have begun to acknowledge a stopgap of some length is likely necessary to keep the government funded beyond a mid-March shutdown deadline.
Read more: https://thehill.com/business/budget/5142069-johnson-full-year-stopgap-funding/
They have done "full year" C.R.s before in the past - in the case I recall, leaving the funding levels the same as the previous fiscal year.
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