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Lawmakers Must Start Talks to Avoid Another Shutdown
Lawmakers postponed funding talks over the holidays with negotiations needed on nine bills to avoid a shutdown by Jan. 30, raising concerns among Democrats and Republicans.
- With a Jan. 30 deadline looming, Congress left for the holidays without resolving funding talks, requiring lawmakers to return in January to avoid a government shutdown.
- After Senate leaders deferred action into the new year, Republicans and Democrats still haven't started negotiating nine separate funding bills, while GOP appropriations totals remain private to appease House budget hawks.
- Leadership faces procedural hurdles, including a 60-vote Senate filibuster threshold requiring seven Senate Democrats, while House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole and Sen. Susan Collins reached a weekend topline agreement.
- Speaker Mike Johnson faces immediate choices to avert a shutdown, with two paths to pass funding ahead of January 30, while House hardliners could complicate efforts and risk paychecks for federal workers and parts of the welfare safety net.
- Many members still prefer a longer-term funding deal, but that becomes harder with each day, while GOP moderates and frontline members could force votes on Affordable Care Act subsidies.
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'We wasted a lot of time': Another shutdown looms — as Congress breaks for holidays
Lawmakers are back home for the holidays without making any progress to avoid another threatened government shutdown that's just over the horizon.Congress must reach an agreement to fund the federal government by Jan. 30, but Senate leaders gave up and punted the matter into the start of next year. ...
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Lawmakers Must Start Talks to Avoid Another Shutdown
Politico: “The impediments to reaching a deal that can pass both chambers are more extensive, starting with the fact that Republicans and Democrats on both ends of the Capitol have yet to start negotiating the details of the nine pending funding bills.” “The lack of bipartisan offer-trading is raising the likelihood of another short-term punt — or another shutdown.”
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