Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has announced that the House will be voting on a three-month stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government open until December 20th.
The House unanimously passed a bill on Friday that will increase Secret Service protection for the two parties’ presidential nominees and vice presidential running mates.
House GOP leadership pulled their government spending proposal from consideration just hours before it was brought for a vote on the House floor, causing lawmakers to brainstorm as they look to avoid a government shutdown three weeks before the deadline.
The Senate has approved a $1.2 trillion spending package avoiding government shutdown two hours after the midnight deadline.
House Republicans are currently pursuing a two-step government funding plan as Congress approaches another spending deadline Friday.
A looming government shutdown is hanging over the President’s head this week as he ramps up his campaign tour ahead of 2024.
South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman says he’s expecting a shutdown once the government runs out of money at the end of the fiscal year, later this month.