WASHINGTON, Sept 29 — The Democratic-led US Senate forged ahead yesterday with a bipartisan stopgap funding bill aimed at averting a fourth partial government shutdown in a...
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 — The Democratic-led US Senate forged ahead yesterday with a bipartisan stopgap funding bill aimed at averting a fourth partial government shutdown in a decade, while the House began voting on partisan Republican spending bills with no chance of becoming law.
The Senate earlier in the day had voted 76-22 to open debate on a stopgap bill known as a continuing resolution, or CR, which would extend federal spending until November 17, and authorise roughly US$6 billion each for domestic disaster response funding and aid to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia.
McCarthy is facing intense pressure from his caucus to cut spending and achieve other conservative priorities. Several hardliners have threatened to oust him from his leadership role if he passes a spending bill that requires any Democratic votes to pass. McCarthy, for his part, suggested on Thursday that a shutdown could be avoided if Senate Democrats agreed to address border issues in their stopgap measure.
The House Freedom Caucus, home to the hardliners forcing McCarthy’s hand, in an open letter to him on Thursday demanded a timeline for passing the seven remaining appropriations bills and a plan to further reduce the top-line discretionary spending figure, among other questions.
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