U.S. reps avert gov’t shutdown
Government workers can look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays
Government workers can look forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays
United States lawmakers approved a stop-gap budget bill on Tuesday, three days before funding runs out, averting a government shutdown that would leave state workers without pay and Congress unable to address the Ukraine and Israel crises.
With the US Capitol paralyzed by infighting for much of its latest session, neither the Democratic-led Senate nor the Republican House of Representatives passed 2024 budgets for the various federal departments by the deadline of midnight Friday into Saturday.
The House approved a bill that essentially puts off the problem until January of 2024 — a presidential election year — but the majority Republicans needed help from Democrats amid a rebellion among conservatives irritated by the temporary fix.
The stop-gap bill approved by the House includes none of the policy priorities or drastic spending cuts the Republican right flank is pushing for, but more than 90 no votes from conservatives were canceled out by wide support from Democrats.
"House Democrats have repeatedly articulated that any continuing resolution must be set at the fiscal year 2023 spending level, be devoid of harmful cuts and free of extreme right-wing policy riders," Democratic House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said, announcing his support.
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"The continuing resolution before the House today meets that criteria."
The so-called "laddered continuing resolution" now moves to the Senate, where it is expected to get a smoother ride, giving lawmakers precious extra weeks for a broader debate on funding the government for the full year.
