Washington Put up: “With lower than every week to go earlier than a March 14 shutdown deadline, President Donald Trump and Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) are pushing for a invoice that might prolong present funding ranges till the top of the fiscal 12 months in late September.”
“The measure unveiled Saturday, often called a unbroken decision, or CR, would stave off a politically expensive shutdown if it passes.”
“However it might additionally imply that Republicans, who management each chambers of Congress and the White Home, would largely hold funding set by President Joe Biden final 12 months, somewhat than enable the appropriations committees to set new spending ranges — hardly the win they have been hoping for.”
NOTUS: “The invoice, which is 99 pages lengthy, isn’t precisely a straight extension of present funding. All through the laws, a whole bunch of line-items get totally different quantities than their present appropriation — some extra and a few much less. Total, the laws reduces spending by $8 billion, although it doesn’t codify any of the cuts made by Elon Musk’s Division of Authorities Effectivity.”
Axios: Home Republicans launch 100-page spending invoice to stop shutdown.
