<\/aside>\nLawmakers have precious little time to reach a funding deal. When the House returns Tuesday, there will be only 11 legislative days left before the end-of-month deadline.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Most agree a continuing resolution or \u201cCR\u201d will be needed to keep the government open\u00a0and\u00a0buy\u00a0more\u00a0time to negotiate annual funding measures.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
But even that will be tough because the\u00a0House Freedom Caucus\u00a0last month said it would not support a short-term measure to fund the government unless it addresses the situation at the border, the \u201cweaponization\u201d of the Department of Justice and \u201cwoke policies in the Pentagon.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/aside>\nSeparately, the Republican Study Committee, a group a vast majority of 175 House Republicans belong to, said it wanted to ensure a stopgap measure was filled with \u201chigh priority conservative policies\u201d and funded the government at levels in line with\u00a0the Limit, Save, Grow Act \u2014 a spending cuts and policy reforms bill that Republicans passed as a starting point for debt ceiling increase negotiations with Democrats.<\/p>\n
Some hard-liners say policy concessions won\u2019t be enough.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) called the policy asks \u201ca distraction and a decoy,\u201d explaining that he did sign on to the Freedom Caucus position even though he is a member of the group.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n\u201cI told everyone at that time, do you think that these are truly \u2014 these policies are truly going to be implemented? And no one said that they thought that they were. And I was like, then let\u2019s be honest with the American people,\u201d Rosendale said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adding to the funding mess is the White House\u2019s $40 billion supplemental request, which is already causing a stir on Capitol Hill.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The White House request unveiled last month includes $24 billion for Ukraine \u2014 sparking another controversy. Senate leaders from both parties want to pass the full supplemental, which also includes disaster funding. But many House Republicans in the right flank are vehemently opposed to any more funding for Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/aside>\nSome conservatives say they aren\u2019t worried about a shutdown, either, if it stops the government from continuing on its current spending trajectory. Yet history suggests if a shutdown is blamed on the GOP, it will not be good politics \u2014 particularly for vulnerable Republican moderates in swing districts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Democrats are already working to pin the blame on Republicans if the government shuts down.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI think Leader McCarthy knows that if a shutdown happens, it\u2019ll be caused by House Republicans,\u201d Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said last week. \u201cIt\u2019ll be bad for the country, but it\u2019ll also be very bad for them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/aside>\nMcCarthy has argued against bringing Washington to a screeching halt by saying it would in turn hurt GOP-led investigations into Biden that are fueling calls for an impeachment inquiry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we shut down, all the government shuts it down, investigation and everything else. It hurts the American public,\u201d McCarthy said on Fox\u2019s \u201cSunday Morning Futures\u201d in August.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
But that line of reasoning is not flying with hard-line conservatives like Rosendale.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI will not be intimidated into falling for this false argument that we can\u2019t continue to pursue impeachment inquiries or issue subpoenas,\u201d Rosendale said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The House this week will resume consideration of individual appropriations bills, with a measure\u00a0to fund\u00a0the Department of Defense on deck. More than 330 amendments to the legislation have been submitted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Some hard-liners, however, are signaling they will withhold support from any funding bills unless they see the total spending for all 12 appropriations bills \u2014 a figure they have been requesting for months.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It all points to a tempestuous September, increased worries about a shutdown and another difficult stretch for McCarthy as conservatives prime themselves for battle.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSeptember is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month. As we head into this government funding battle, I urge my @HouseGOP colleagues to stay vigilant and not lose their backbones this time. #NoSecurityNoFunding,\u201d Rep. Eli Crane (R-Ariz.)\u00a0wrote on X<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\nCopyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n
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