House Speaker McCarthy’s best option now is passing a stopgap bill with Democrats to avert a shutdown.
In an ideal world, the House and Senate would pass the necessary 12 agency budget bills by Sept. 30. But thatthis century; instead, federal budgeting usually involves smashing funding bills into one big package and passing it at the last minute — perhaps after lawmakers have given themselves an extension. That is the only realistic course now: passing a continuing resolution to keep the federal government running until December to give lawmakers time to debate and enact a full 2024 budget.
They could also push for Ukraine aid and other supplemental funding requests from the White House to be offset by revenue or spending trims elsewhere. At some point, moderate lawmakers from both parties, who represent a much broader swath of the country than the ultra-partisans, have to retake control of the legislative process.Wisconsin Republicans back off impeachment threat against justiceA Saudi court sentences a retired teacher to death based on tweets.
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