House passes stopgap spending bill to avert government shutdown

Reuters ^ | April 28, 2017 | By Richard Cowan

[Oldeconomybuyer]

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday overwhelmingly passed stopgap legislation to avert a government shutdown at midnight and buy time on reaching a deal on federal spending through the end of the fiscal year.

The legislation now goes to the Senate, where Republican leaders hope to take it up later in the day, approve it and send it to President Donald Trump to sign into law.

The bill in the Republican-led Congress provides federal funding until May 5, allowing lawmakers to hammer out legislation over the next few days to keep the government funded for the rest of the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30.

[Owen]

Best get the Freedom Caucus rollcall on that vote, because it will have included full Obamacare funding, including care for illegals and planned parenthood.

They are just pathetic.

[Psalm 144]

It looks they’ll do that until it all falls down.

[RitchieAprile]

I guess Monday will be a regular workday here at da base.

[alloysteel]

Just crippling along, limping to the next crisis.

Which looms almost immediately.

Does NOBODY have a sense of responsibility, or must we forever submit to this unending Kabuki theater?

[Arm_Bears]

Republicans are playing with fire.

[cgbg]

They promise to stop taking heroin next week...

—Never trust a junkie!—

[straps]

Dear Donald: Refuse to sign it put them all back in session until they pass a full 2 year budget and stop the BS from the SWAMP......Shut this mother down shut it down....

[pfflier]

Its about time President Trump holds their feet to the fire to actually do their job and pass a real budget.

This stopgap funding is BS always riddled with surprises usually not good.

[TomGuy]

Kicking the can down the road — for a week.

LOL

[COBOL2Java]

Ryan and McConnell seen here kicking the can...

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Total, effing joke Washington has become

[Sacajaweau]

The Dems just making sure it doesn't come in within the 100 days.

FYI, Obama never had a budget come in on time.

[IYAS9YAS]

FYI, Obama never had a budget come in on time.

There hasn't been an actual budget in place since 2009, and that was the omnibus spending bill, not an actual budget.

[hal ogen]

Stop this insanity. Shut down the government. This ongoing “don’t shut down the government” BS is tiresome. The emperor has no clothes.

[Nifster]

And another epic fail for Jon Ossoff’s body double

[Nifster]

Congress

meh bunch of panty waist losets

[Reno89519]

Not good if it includes funding for amnesty and for Planned Parenthood, etc.