Congress needs a funding resolution to keep the government afloat before it heads into a potential shutdown. The current resolution bill that House Republicans passed this past Tuesday keeps the government funded for six months until September.
This bill would help move President Trump’s agenda further along.
It passed in the House with 217-213 votes, with one Republican opposing the resolution and one Democrat voting in its favor.
The bill is now in the hands of the Senate, where it faces opposition. The likelihood of the resolution bill to pass is uncertain, with many Senate Democrats opposing it.
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer urged Senate Democrats to oppose the bill in hopes of coming up with a bipartisan solution. He called out Republicans for pushing the bill forward without Democratic input.
Democrats oppose the resolution bill, as they believe it gives more power to President Trump and Elon Musk to continue their drastic cuts to the federal government. The bill would increase military spending and cut roughly $13 billion from certain non-domestic programs.
A press conference was held this past Tuesday by senate democratic leaders. Chuck Schumer explained his concerns…
Elon Musk confirmed what many of us have long been warning about, Republicans are ready to gut Social Security and Medicare.
Republicans have pushed back, saying Democrats’ concerns are unfounded.
Democrats are hoping to pass a continuation bill that keeps the government afloat for a month instead of six months, as it will give time to renegotiate and work on new appropriations agreements.
The bill needs 60 votes to pass through the Senate, and that would require 7 Democrats to vote for it.
Even if the Senate drafts a whole different bill, it would require the House to pass the bill, and the House is not in session again until March 24.
If the Senate fails to vote by midnight tonight, the government would immediately go into a shutdown and federal workers would be furloughed without pay.
This would affect some nonessential workers in food inspections and some federal health agencies but would not have an impact on the United States Postal Service, federal agencies, banks, and TSA.