Posted on 03/13/2025 12:30:04 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
The House on Tuesday approved a bill aiming to avert a shutdown ahead of a Friday deadline at midnight—after President Donald Trump lobbied Republicans to pass the resolution and promised to lead a primary challenge against the one GOP House member who voted against the resolution.
Key Facts
House Republicans introduced a bill Saturday that would largely keep current fiscal year 2024 funding levels in place until the end of September—with a $13 billion cut to nondefense spending, $6 billion increase to defense spending—to give lawmakers more time to negotiate a fiscal year 2025 spending plan.
The House passed the bill Tuesday afternoon largely along party lines in a 217-213 vote, with Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., the lone Republican voting against and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, the only House Democrat voting for the bill.
Massie on Sunday said he would vote against it, questioning on X why he would “vote to continue the waste fraud and abuse” he said is included in the existing spending plan, while Rep. Rich McCormick, R-Ga., told CNN on Monday night he was against the bill but suggested he was open to changing his position.
Trump—who urged Republicans to unify behind the bill—attacked Massie on Truth Social on Monday, threatening to “lead the charge against him” in a primary challenge, calling him a “GRANDSTANDER, who’s too much trouble, and not worth the fight.”
Trump acknowledged to reporters Sunday a shutdown “could happen” but “probably won’t,” expressing optimism the bill would pass.
Seven Senate Democrats must vote for the resolution to break the 60-vote filibuster threshold, and at least one, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., told Politico last week he would, though at least one Republican, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has said he’ll vote against it.
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VIDEO
BREAKING NEWS: House Narrowly Votes To Advance CR To Senate As Government Shutdown Looms
Forbes Breaking News
Mar 11, 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1GTKmZI4HM
“The House of Representatives voted to pass HR 1968, Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, and send it to the Senate ahead of Friday’s government shutdown deadline.”
Maybe a shutdown would be a good thing. What if nothing happens? The only affected folks are useless government folks that don’t work and don’t get paid. Suppose the taxpayers save money. Let’s try it and see. Do it now before it warms up and I can’t get to my boat ramp. I don’t want a bunch of government arseholes to cause a delay in my boat launching this summer. Do it while it’s still cold up here in Idaho.
ARTICLE
House spending bill would lead to $1B in D.C. cuts. Here’s what that means.
Washington Post
Jenny Gathright, Meagan Flynn
2-12-2025
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/12/house-spending-bill-dc-budget-cuts-explained/
“The House stopgap funding bill passed Tuesday night would force D.C. officials to rapidly cut $1.1 billion in local government spending over the next six months by effectively canceling the District’s active 2025 budget and forcing the city to return to its fiscal 2024 spending levels.”
What is the downside? If the mails a little late? All I get is advertisements. If we can’t live without the government for a little while we better pull our heads out of our butts and learn to speak Chinese. IMO
“Maybe a shutdown would be a good thing. What if nothing happens? The only affected folks are useless government folks that don’t work and don’t get paid. Suppose the taxpayers save money. Let’s try it and see.”
Agree
The Bill increases Defense spending by increase Defense spending by $6 BILLION, while also cutting Defense spending
by $13 BILLION.
President Trump, called the “differencemaker”, lobbied to make it happen. If this ‘stopgap bill’ goes through, will fund the federal government through September.
March 11 news is ancient..senate dems already shot it down.
Good they own it.
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