The Senate pushed ahead with a temporary measure to keep government running. The House isn't behind it.
with Biden and is demanding steep spending cuts, showed no interest in the Senate’s bipartisan effort — or the additional money for Ukraine.Instead, McCarthy is reviving plans for the House Republicans’ stopgap funding measure that would slash federal spending by 8% for many agencies and attach a hardline border security measure that conservatives are demanding. He’s planning a Friday vote, but Biden, Democrats and even some Republicans have said the package is too extreme.
But first, McCarthy is expected to spend much of this week trying to pass some of the bills needed to fund government agencies — Defense, Homeland Security, Agriculture and State and Foreign Operations. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate bill shows “bipartisanship can triumph over extremism.”
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared on board with the bipartisan Senate plan, saying, “Government shutdowns are bad news.”
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