The House moved quickly on Sunday night to approve a one-day extension of government funding, a last-minute cushion to prevent a government shutdown, while the chambers go through the final steps to spend a package of government funding on Monday. much greater coronavirus relief.
The 24-hour interim report was needed after negotiations on the broader spending bill stalled on Sunday due to a handful of stubborn disagreements, which prevented the final package from being drafted and released.
The bill passed quickly in the Senate and President Trump
Donald Trump: Trump signs a bill that extends government funding for 24 hours. Congress approves the bill one day before the cut-off deadline. signed the interruption bill just before the midnight stop deadline.
With the clock ticking past midnight and a government shutdown, Democratic House leaders announced their one-day continuous resolution, or CR, to buy more time in Congress to move legislation through both houses and move it. at President Trump’s counter this week.
His announcement came just as the leaders of both chambers announced that an agreement on a broader package had also been consolidated.
“I am pleased that we have reached an agreement on the relief of COVID-19 and an omnibus, which I hope we will approve tomorrow and send to the Senate,” the House majority leader said. Steny Hoyer
Steny Hamilton HoyerCongress Approves Interrupt Bill One Day Before Closing Deadline House Adopts One-Day Interruption Bill to Avoid Government Shutdown Negotiators Resolve Last-Minute Issues in as COVID’s relief bill moves toward the MORE goal (D-Md.) He tweeted. “In order to provide time to prepare the bill for consideration, the House will meet at 6:30 p.m. to consider an ongoing one-day resolution.”
The House Rules Committee is expected to meet Monday morning to adopt guidelines governing the table debate on the package, which combines approximately $ 900 billion in emergency relief of coronavirus with more than one trillion dollars to fund the government until next September.
The rules package will also include a multi-day CR, somewhere around seven days, although the number is not final, to allow for the logistical complications of adopting such a huge bill, especially during the holidays. .
The House is expected to send the legislation to the Senate on Monday afternoon, and leaders of both parties hope to move it quickly to Trump’s counter. It is unclear, however, if there will be any objection to this quick strategy, which could delay the process even further.
– Updated at 23:50