Nita Lowey (DN.Y.), chairman of the House of Appropriations, said: “The CR will have more time to negotiate and develop responsible long-term funding for priorities. These priorities can make us The country has become safer and stronger, and provides better life opportunities for working families.” Said.
The expedient is that two days before the deadline for the suspension of production, members of Congress continue to clash with the key provisions of the new spending bill and maintain differences on the financing of the boundary wall proposed by President Trump.
It is expected that the Senate will quickly adopt and pass this measure. Senate Majority Leader Mickey McConnell (R-Ky.) said the White House has shown Trump's support.
McConnell also urged an agreement on the full funding bill for the fiscal year 2020, which began on October 1.
He said on Tuesday morning: "You can't get federal funds before the end of the year. This is an option."
But negotiations on how to allocate funds are deadlocked, and donors are expected to miss their Wednesday deadline because they have agreed on how to allocate $1.37 trillion in annual spending on 12 bills.
Senate funded chairman Richard Shelby said on Monday: "We are just looking for a solution to the problem. It seems that we have taken a positive step and then tilted to the side and slipped back. This sometimes makes Everyone is frustrated."
Shelby said that despite the strategy of postponing negotiations on the border wall to address the issue of funding first, the border wall remains an obstacle. Democrats don't want to add Trump's $5 billion in barriers to the Homeland Security Act and remove the money from other bills such as the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Act.
In addition to expanding current funding to temporarily avoid government closures, CR also includes provisions to fund US census work and increase military spending by 3.1%.
Senate Republicans slammed Democrats for refusing to accept a package of spending bills, including defense, saying they refused to raise their troops. The Democrats prevented the legislation from considering issues related to the border wall.
The measures passed by the House of Representatives have also expanded some controversial government surveillance programs, which are scheduled to end 90 days in mid-December to further discuss how to address security and privacy issues around them.
Several progressives voted against the opposing legislation.
Yes, Rep. Alexander Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) posted tweets on program extensions on Twitter.
However, the chairman of the Congressional Progressive Core Group and most of the core groups support the bill.
CR also funded the response to the Ebola epidemic in Africa, expanded many government health programs, and provided traditional remuneration to Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) after his death in October.
Although the measure will keep the government open for the next four weeks, some people worry that if the negotiators do not reach an agreement as soon as possible, the government may close.
Disagreements over the wall led to the government closing for 35 days, which began before Christmas 2018.
