Republicans release stopgap government funding plan
The proposed stopgap bill includes $88 million for enhanced security after recent threats, while excluding Democratic healthcare demands, increasing the risk of a government shutdown on Oct. 1, officials say.
- President Trump urged Republicans to support a short-term spending bill to prevent a government shutdown on Oct. 1, 2025.
- GOP leadership is negotiating a stopgap measure to fund the government through Nov. 21, 2025, while needing at least seven Democratic senators to pass it.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries stated that Democrats oppose extending funding without healthcare provisions, claiming it is partisan legislation.
- House Republican leaders released a stopgap funding bill that includes $30 million for increased security amid rising threats against officials.
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'Fool's gambit:' Republicans release govt funding plan, urge Democrats to back it
(The Center Square) – House Republicans have finally released the text of their government funding plan, a seven-week stopgap that keeps the government funded at existing levels while lawmakers finish passing all 12 appropriations bills.
Schumer, Jeffries vow to oppose GOP government funding plan
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) released a joint statement Tuesday vowing to oppose a GOP-crafted bill funding government until Nov. 21, taking Washington a big step closer to a government shutdown. “The House Republicans-only spending bill fails to meet the needs of the American people and does nothing to stop the looming healthcare crisis,” Schumer and Jeffries said in a joint st…

House GOP Rolls Out Stopgap as Shutdown Nears
House Republican leaders on Tuesday released a stopgap funding bill that would avert a government shutdown on Oct. 1, keeping federal agencies funded through Nov. 21 while directing $30 million toward heightened security for federal officials, lawmakers, and the Supreme Court. The security funding is part of the $58 million requested by the Trump administration for enhanced protections following the assassination of conservative leader Charlie K…
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