House Republicans Have A Plan To Avert Government Shutdown

The House and Senate are currently in the process of negotiating a deal to fund the government for the fiscal year 2024, which commenced on October 1. The absence of an agreement at the time led Congress to pass a continuing resolution (CR) on September 30, which extended the previous year's priorities and narrowly averted a partial government shutdown.

However, this stopgap measure is set to expire on November 17, and the House and Senate remain significantly divided on a new agreement. "The plan is to get something together we can pass this week," one of the three sources informed Fox News Digital. The other two sources suggested that a vote is most likely to occur on Thursday.

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The specifics of the CR, including its duration and any additional measures, remain uncertain. Two of the sources indicated that the strategy to pass a CR would be a primary point of discussion at the House Republicans' closed-door meeting on Tuesday morning.

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Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, has previously suggested the possibility of another short-term bill to keep the government operational while House Republicans continue to pass their 12 appropriations bills. During an appearance on "Hannity," Johnson hinted that such a move would need to align with conservative objectives, although he did not specify whether these would take the form of spending cuts or policy riders.

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In an interview with Fox News Digital last week, Johnson stated that discussions on the nature of a CR would commence "in earnest." He added, "I think, at the end of the day, what we're trying to do is ensure that obviously the government remains in operation, but we do it in a fiscally responsible manner. And we cannot just print and borrow money and spend it anymore. We're past that."

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Johnson had previously suggested a "laddered" CR, which would fund agencies and departments at new levels as each of the 12 spending bills is passed. Until then, they would continue to operate at the previous year's spending levels. However, two sources indicated that such a move is unlikely at this stage.

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It appears that GOP hard-liners, who previously rebelled against former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, for passing the September 30 CR, are prepared to be more lenient with Johnson.

"If Speaker Johnson comes to me and explains to me the situation, and I feel comfortable in what he's saying, then I would never say never on this go-round just because it's a different situation," said Representative Tim Burchett, a Republican from Tennessee. Burchett was one of the Republicans who voted against McCarthy’s "clean" CR and later voted to remove him.

So far, House Republicans have passed seven of the 12 spending bills as part of a commitment not to consolidate all of the year's government funding priorities into one large "omnibus."