With Congress lagging behind on finalizing the dozen annual spending bills needed to keep the government running, there is broad acknowledgment that lawmakers will need to pass a stopgap measure this week to stave off a shutdown.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , at the Capitol in Wasington, walks to a press conference followng a Senate Republican policy luncheon on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021.
“It’s up to the leaders to make sure there’s not a shutdown — I’m making sure, and I think Leader McConnell wants to try to make sure, too,” he added, referring to Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., the minority leader.
“There is no interest in shutting the government down,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, on Wednesday. “We will get to an endpoint.” Lawmakers were also debating additional spending provisions, including additional funding for Afghan refugees and a provision averting billions of dollars in cuts to Medicare, subsidies and other programs. But even if an agreement is reached, the Senate would require unanimous support to waive a number of procedural steps and swiftly take up the legislation before the Friday deadline.
Marshall previously offered an amendment in September to an earlier stopgap bill that would have barred funds from going toward the implementation and enforcement of the mandate, but it failed in the evenly divided Senate.
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