House to vote on stopgap bill to avert shutdown

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Politico

The House will return to Washington next week with plans to swiftly pass a bill to keep the government open past Sept. 30, marking the first step to avert yet another shutdown.

The House will take up the stopgap funding measure the second week they return from the August recess, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced in a letter to the caucus on Thursday.

“The week of September 16th, I expect the House to consider a clean continuing resolution to fund the government past September 30th,” Hoyer wrote to Democrats.

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But it’s unclear if Senate Republicans are willing to accept a stopgap measure, which would not include a single additional dollar for President Donald Trump’s border wall, which is likely to be the administration’s top priority in the funding talks.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-to-vote-on-stopgap-bill-to-avert-shutdown/ar-AAGRGC1?li=BBnb7Kz

[Kablooie]

1. AGAIN?! Sheesh.

When will they decide to just pay the damn bills that have come due like everyone else?

[Matthew28]

2. I thought

the 2 year bill earlier this year took care of this?

[BumRushDaShow]

3. There are 2 separate processes

The 2-year thing was the "budget" (defining what can be purchased within "x" amount of money that will be made available) but after that, Congress has to actually pass legislation to "appropriate" those funds as designated in the budget (with a max of up to what was agreed to in that budget) and that is where the hangups often come.

Normally each Department/standalone agency gets an appropriation under regular order. But over the past 20 years or so, they have almost solely been doing "Omnibus" (and more recently "minibus" ) appropriations by funding either the entire government under one package or groups of Departments/agencies under smaller packages.

[empedocles]

4. Thank you

[BumRushDaShow]

5. You are welcome!

[Bayard]

6. Will the Orange Turd try another shut down if he doesn't get what he wants?

Surely, surely not. Right?

[jcgoldie]

7. ...

[maxrandb]

8. Again I ask, why give Dems the power of the purse if they aren't prepared to use it?

Every last god Damned penny taken from defense for this stupid border wall ought to be returned with fucking interest or shut the fucking place down!