House Republicans are hoping to vote Tuesday on a stopgap bill aimed at funding the federal government through September 30 and preventing a shutdown after Friday.
The chamber’s GOP leaders are racing to lock down support among their members for the package so they can send it this week to the Senate, where it faces hurdles in securing the backing of enough Democrats to reach the 60 votes needed to pass.
Overall, the measure would boost defense spending by $6 billion compared to fiscal year 2024 and decrease nondefense spending by $13 billion.
Some of what Republicans say is in the bill: It would fully fund core federal services and maintain operations without increasing spending, according to the GOP-led House Appropriations Committee.
However, the measure contains some Trump administration requests, including an additional $485 million for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to help boost deportations.
What Dems say: Democrats are taking issue with the GOP’s move to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year with a continuing resolution, arguing that the package does not provide the specific funding directives for many programs and priorities that would be laid out in a negotiated full-year spending bill.
The lawmakers highlighted a variety of spending cuts contained in the continuing resolution, including slicing $185 million for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation programs and slashing $1.4 billion from the Army Corps of Engineers’ construction funding used for projects to mitigate the impacts of hurricanes and floods.
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