The White House is beginning to tell government agencies to prepare for a potential government shutdown if a stopgap bill is not signed into law by Sept. 30.
WASHINGTON — The White House has started to tell government agencies to prepare for a potential government shutdown if a stopgap bill is not signed into law by Sept. 30.
Congress is in a mad dash to beat multiple deadlines for a number of legislative priorities, such as the passage of the stopgap funding bill to avert the shutdown of government agencies. It is also looking at disaster aid for storms and wildfires, and extra money to assist Afghan evacuees. It is trying to extend the debt limit to avert default ahead of an expected October deadline.
"The White House, the House and the Senate have reached agreement on a framework that will pay for any final negotiated agreement," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said at a press conference Thursday.
"But there's no question there's a lot of work ahead that will proceed over the rest of the day, in the days ahead," she said. House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy said he's going to vote against the reconciliation bill and will encourage his members to do the same.When pressed on how he'd explain that to constituents who want infrastructure improvements, McCarthy said"You don't get millions of dollars for roads and broadband. What you get is $5 trillion of more inflation” and “a bigger socialist big government.
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