GOP leaders eye new stopgap spending measure to end shutdown

Republicans broach a longer stopgap bill as shutdown enters fourth week

What was a seven-week funding punt is now a four-week patch, and some in the GOP want to extend funding into next year.

GOP leaders eye new stopgap spending measure to end shutdown

Republican leaders are making plans for a new, longer continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government at current levels as the government shutdown drags into its fourth week. Consensus is growing that the GOP-crafted “clean” CR to fund the government through Nov. 21 — which passed the House in September but has been voted down... The post GOP leaders eye new stopgap spending measure to end shutdown appeared first on Daily Truth Report • DailyT…

GOP considers longer-term spending bill: ‘Time is eroding’

A growing number of Republicans are wondering whether they need to draft a new government spending bill now that the House-passed one would buy them just one month. Asked if the House should consider returning to Washington to pass a longer funding extension, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said “for sure,” adding: “Every day that passes, we’ve got less time to fund the government.” “The original [continuing resolution] was to take us to Nov. …

Republicans Broach Longer Stopgap Bill

“When House Republicans first passed a stopgap spending bill last month, it was written to give Congress a seven-week window to come to a long-term deal on government funding,” Politico reports. “With the government shutdown now running into a fourth week, that original Nov. 21 deadline is looming fast — and numerous Republicans acknowledged Monday a new, longer stopgap bill will be needed.”