{"id":525827,"date":"2022-12-13T01:25:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T22:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/congress-set-to-push-back-government-shutdown-deadline-to-next-week\/"},"modified":"2022-12-13T01:25:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T22:25:28","slug":"congress-set-to-push-back-government-shutdown-deadline-to-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/congress-set-to-push-back-government-shutdown-deadline-to-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"#Congress set to push back government shutdown deadline to next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a289a21567ac\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a289a21567ac\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/congress-set-to-push-back-government-shutdown-deadline-to-next-week\/#%E2%80%9CCongress_set_to_push_back_government_shutdown_deadline_to_next_week%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Congress set to push back government shutdown deadline to next week&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CCongress_set_to_push_back_government_shutdown_deadline_to_next_week%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Congress set to push back government shutdown deadline to next week&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 The House and Senate are expected to vote this week on a short-term bill to fund the government for another seven days \u2014 giving lawmakers until just before Christmas to agree to a longer-term spending resolution before going home for the holidays.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLater this week, members should be prepared to take quick action on a one-week [continuing resolution] so we can give <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ropriators more time to finish a full funding bill before the holidays,\u201d Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) warned his colleagues on the Senate floor Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans and Democrats have been split for months over the so-called omnibus bill, which sets funding totals for defense and non-defense issues for the 2023 fiscal year, which began Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<p>In late September, lawmakers approved a continuing resolution to keep the government funded through Friday, by which point they were expected to come to a consensus on further spending during the post-midterm \u201clame duck\u201d session.<\/p>\n<p>However, an agreement has not been forthcoming.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer said appropriators from both parties held \u201cpositive and productive conversations\u201d over the weekend, \u201cenough that both sides are moving forward in good faith to reach a deal, even if it\u2019s not going to be everything both sides want.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chuck-schumer-221212-50.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Congress will vote on a bill to fund the government for another seven days this week.\" class=\"wp-image-24987019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chuck-schumer-221212-50.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chuck-schumer-221212-50.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/chuck-schumer-221212-50.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that Congress will vote on a bill to fund the government for another seven days this week.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Jemal Countess\/Getty Images for SEIU<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, some Republican senators \u2013 including Rick Scott of Florida, Mike Lee of Utah, Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Braun of Indiana \u2013 have voiced opposition to voting on a major funding bill before Jan. 3, when the new Congress, including a GOP-led House, is sworn in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe it would be both imprudent, and a reflection of poor leadership, for Republicans to ignore the will of the American people and rubber stamp an omnibus spending bill that funds ten more months of President Biden\u2019s agenda without any check on his reckless policies that have led to a 40-year high in inflation,\u201d they wrote in a Nov. 30 letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Schumer said he was \u201coptimistic\u201d the Senate could take up the short-term funding bill \u201crather quickly\u201d to allow negotiations to run through Dec. 23 and \u201cavoid the shutdown that neither side wants.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/rick-scott-221212-54.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Several GOP lawmakers including Sen. Rick Scott have opposed voting on a major funding bill before the new Congress is sworn in on January 3.\" class=\"wp-image-24987018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/rick-scott-221212-54.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/rick-scott-221212-54.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/rick-scott-221212-54.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Several GOP lawmakers including Sen. Rick Scott have opposed voting on a major funding bill before the new Congress is sworn in on January 3.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Michael Brochstein\/SOPA Images\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Senate is also expected this week to take up the National Defense Authorization Act for 2023, which sets the Pentagon\u2019s funding priorities and policies for the current fiscal year. The House overwhelmingly passed the bill on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell said Monday the Senate should take up the NDAA \u201cas soon as possible,\u201d but warned that it would have limited impact without the passage of a full-year funding bill.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress authoriz[ing] the tools, training and equipment that our armed forces need will accomplish very little if we failed to then provide the actual funding,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cBoth sides know what it would take for the Senate to pass a full year government funding bill into law \u2013 no mystery here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ted-cruz-221212-51.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Sen. Ted Cruz said in a letter along with Scott and Sen. Mike Lee that voting on an omnibus bill too early would &quot;ignore the will of the American people.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-24987017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ted-cruz-221212-51.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ted-cruz-221212-51.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/ted-cruz-221212-51.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Sen. Ted Cruz said in a letter along with Scott and Sen. Mike Lee that voting on an omnibus bill too early would \u201cignore the will of the American people.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by CAROLINE BREHMAN\/EPA-EFE\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To reach an agreement, the Republican leader said Democrats need to roll back their spending desires after two years of \u201cmassively increasing domestic spending using party-line reconciliation bills outside their normal appropriations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA funding agreement would need to fully fund our national defense at the level written into the NDAA without leveraging extra funding beyond what President Biden even requested on the Democrats\u2019 partisan domestic priorities,\u201d he said. \u201cIn other words, do not go beyond what the President asked for earlier this year on the domestic side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Democrats cut back, McConnell said passing a full-year funding bill could be done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf House and Senate Democratic colleagues can accept these realities in the very near future, we may still have a shot at assembling a full year of funding bill that will give our military commanders the certainty they need to invest plan and stay competitive with rivals like China,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, he added, \u201cthe option will be a short term bipartisan funding bill into early next year.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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