Thune to Bring Stopgap Funding Bill to Senate Floor Before Sept. 30 Deadline
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Updated · POLITICO · Jul 21
Thune to Bring Stopgap Funding Bill to Senate Floor Before Sept. 30 Deadline
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Jul 21
Summary
John Thune said he will bring a short-term government funding bill to the Senate floor before the August recess, aiming to avert a shutdown ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline.
Susan Collins is negotiating with Senate Democrats on a bipartisan stopgap that would fund the government until after the November election, while Senate Republicans also work with the White House on requested spending anomalies.
Thune said a Senate measure is the more likely vehicle because the House GOP stopgap omits those administration requests, even as House leaders push their own December funding patch.
If talks with Democrats fail, Thune warned Republicans could try using the House budget resolution to fund the government through reconciliation, a party-line route some conservatives including Rick Scott have urged.