House passes continuing resolution to prevent gov’t shutdown. What’s next?

Bogan: The House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution Tuesday evening. It’s a first step toward averting a government shutdown Friday at midnight. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said his chamber will take it up as soon as possible. 

The CR funds the government in two parts at 2023 spending levels. 

• Money for veterans programs, transportation, housing, agriculture and energy would flow through Jan. 19.

• Funding for the military, State Department, Homeland Security and other government agencies would last until Feb. 2.
   

“The CR will give us time to reach agreement on a topline spending level and to negotiate final bills with the United States Senate,” Rep. Charles Fleischmann,R-Tenn., said.  “A vote in favor of this resolution is the only fiscally responsible vote.”  

Just like the continuing resolution that was approved at the end of September, Republicans needed significant help from Democrats to get it approved.

Democrats provided more votes than Republicans to get it approved.

“Once again Republicans need democratic votes,” Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said. “It says something very poignant about the ability to govern and the willingness to govern.”

BOGAN: Democrats said the CR is flawed because it does not provide assistance for Israel, Ukraine, the Indo-Pacific region and domestic natural disaster relief. Those are big priorities for lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, and they say they’lll keep working to get them done.

“Leader McConnell has said that we have to have some kind of border security. We have Democrats and Republicans working together to try and come up with a border security package that will have bipartisan support,” Schumer said. “But we have to get this done. And as soon as we come back in [sic] Thanksgiving, it will be a very high priority.”

BOGAN: When the House passed another Continuing Resolution in September, it led to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. While the conservative House Freedom Caucus opposed this CR too, there hasn’t been talk of trying to move against Speaker Mike Johnson.