House GOP release text of 'clean' continuing resolution to keep government funded until December
The bill would temporarily extend current funding levels while lawmakers negotiate the fiscal 2027 appropriations bills.
House Republicans on Friday released the text of their proposed "clean" continuing resolution, which seeks to keep the federal government funded through November's midterms.
Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Thursday that he plans to put the legislation on the floor for a vote next week. The bill would temporarily extend current funding levels while lawmakers negotiate the fiscal 2027 appropriations bills.
The resolution would keep the government funded through Dec. 4, and does not include any unrelated provisions, according to Politico. It also does not include the SAVE America Act.
The proposal is, however, expected to face some backlash from Democrats because it does not cut funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers or provide any guardrails for the agency, despite two ICE-related shootings this month.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole said the committee is attempting to take proactive measures to ensure the government does not see another shutdown this year. The House has only passed three appropriation bills so far.
"The House has spent months doing the work the American people sent us here to do – holding hearings, advancing every appropriations bill through committee, and moving full-year funding measures on the floor," Cole said. "Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of Senate Democrats, who won’t even allow markups to progress on the other side of the Capitol.
"The September deadline isn't changing, but how Congress plans for it can," he continued. "This bill takes partisan politics and posturing off the table, denying anyone the opportunity to manufacture leverage from the calendar before elections. This short-term, clean stopgap prevents harmful disruptions to our national security and the vital programs our constituents rely on at the end of September, allowing for runway in the closing months of the 119th Congress.”
The proposal comes just days after the House passed the national security and State Department funding bill.
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