The continuing resolution would avert a government shutdown and last through September 30.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is working to get temporary federal funding passed by Tuesday so that it can be sent to the Senate for a vote before the deadline this Friday. However, his plan requires a nearly unanimous passage from the majority.
Representative Lance Gooden of Texas pointed out that even though the continuing resolution is clean, meaning no funding for “pet projects,” the minority party is still likely to unanimously oppose it.
The congressman said, “It’s got a few things in it, it funds veteran’s services, it ups spending on border deportations for ICE. Our border czar has been coming to the Capitol, saying ‘I need more money, I can send more out of here but I need more money to do it.’ This does it.”
Other members of the House speaker’s party have expressed reticence, with Representative Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania saying that “like most bills, there’s some good in there, there’s some not so good in there,” and that he had not decided how he would vote.
Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas also said that he would make a “game-time decision” the day votes are called.
Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, who often wears a national debt tracker on his lapel, intends to vote against the measure.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For House Speaker Johnson as he seeks to get enough votes to pass the continuing resolution.
- For Senator Majority Leader John Thune as he prepares to deliberate the temporary funding bill.
- For members of both houses of Congress as they consider the legislation to keep the government operating.
Sources: The Hill, RedState, Fox News
