![]() “I’m talking about regular order, to debate our bills, pass our bills, get to conference and go from there. The House voted 221-212 to pass the continuing resolution, which would allow the government to remain funded at the previous year’s fiscal levels through Feb. “I said ‘We want regular order, let the process work.’ He can stop it or not He indicated to me, move on,” Shelby said of his conversation with Trump. While debate has held up four of the 12 Senate spending bills including its $693 billion defense spending bill, lead appropriators want to several less controversial spending bills recently advanced by the Senate Appropriations Committee. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber Monday for a test vote on a government spending bill. The House impeachment probe has stoked fears of intensifying those partisan divisions, but Shelby said Trump did not seem preoccupied with impeachment at his meeting on Friday gave tacit approval for Congress to keep working towards a bipartisan compromise. ![]() ![]() ![]() They also reject Republican plan to backfill $3.6 billion in military construction funding diverted to the southern border wall. Congress reached a bipartisan, two-year budget deal in July which set funding levels for defense and nonmilitary programs, but Democrats are disputing the Republican funding allocations, arguing they prioritize border wall funding over health care and education programs. House Passes a One-Week Continuing Resolution, but Hurdles Remain in the Senate to Avoid a Shutdown - Government Executive The measure now heads to the Senate, where it will require a unanimous. ![]()
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