House prepares to vote to prevent approaching government shutdown

""The far-right House Freedom Caucus and a growing chorus of other conservatives have pushed Johnson to buck the debt limit deal and press for conservative policy provisions - on issues including restrictions on abortion access and LGBTQ rights and clawing back Biden's climate agenda and immigration orders - as part of a funding agreement."

"President Biden and then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy last spring agreed to constrain federal spending for the 2024 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, in exchange for suspending the debt limit."

"With only a tiny GOP majority, that's forced Johnson to court support from Democrats for nearly any legislation to clear the chamber.nn"

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"Republicans elected Johnson as his replacement in late October, and the Louisianian has struggled to navigate spending debates ever since.nn"

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"But Johnson and his raucous House Republican conference have very little leverage to exact those spending cuts or policy wins."

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"Without the support of a majority of the House GOP, the party's rules say Johnson should not bring the vote to the floor."

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"But this 'kicking the can down the road' crap really does need to stop," said Sen. Jon Tester (Mont.), the top Democratic negotiator on the defense appropriations bill."

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""We need a larger majority," said Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), the hard-right budget hawk who authored the proposal for the government-wide spending cuts."

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"But far-right lawmakers in the House grew furious with McCarthy for not extracting deeper spending cuts, and they ultimately ousted him from the speakership."

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"Short of those achievements, Johnson's right flank has urged him to abandon passing appropriations bills altogether and extend funding on a temporary basis until October, which would trigger across-the-board spending cuts throughout the federal government as part of the deal that suspended the debt limit."

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"In January, he and Schumer agreed to a $1.7 trillion fiscal framework, adhering to the limits set by the debt ceiling agreement, then passed another CR to allow appropriators sufficient time to negotiate individual line items.nn"

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"Each time a substantial majority in each party said, 'No,'" Rep. Tom Cole, vice chair of the House Appropriations Committee and a key Johnson ally, said Wednesday."

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"Each time a substantial majority in each party said, 'No,'" Rep. Tom Cole, vice chair of the House Appropriations Committee and a key Johnson ally, said Wednesday."

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""It seems right now what we're doing is - we're doing what the Democrats want to do so that it will pass the Senate and be signed by the White House, and that's not a win for the American people," Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), chair of the archconservative House Freedom Caucus, said Wednesday."

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""I would characterize this as progress given a very tumultuous atmosphere with four corners ... all of whom sometimes have very different priorities," Rep. Chuck Fleischma (R-Te.), one of the House GOP's top negotiators, said."

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""nnThe far-right House Freedom Caucus and a growing chorus of other conservatives have pushed Johnson to buck the debt limit deal and press for conservative policy provisions - on issues including restrictions on abortion access and LGBTQ rights and clawing back Biden's climate agenda and immigration orders - as part of a funding agreement.nn"

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""nnThe far-right House Freedom Caucus and a growing chorus of other conservatives have pushed Johnson to buck the debt limit deal and press for conservative policy provisions - on issues including restrictions on abortion access and LGBTQ rights and clawing back Biden's climate agenda and immigration orders - as part of a funding agreement.nn"

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"President Biden and then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy last spring agreed to constrain federal spending for the 2024 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, in exchange for suspending the debt limit."

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"President Biden and then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy last spring agreed to constrain federal spending for the 2024 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30, in exchange for suspending the debt limit."

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"The House is set to vote on legislation that would extend the deadlines for federal funding to March 8 and March 22, part of an agreement struck Wednesday between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) to prevent a shutdown that would otherwise shutter about 20 percent of the federal government just after the stroke of midnight Saturday.Without the extension, critical services at the Transportation Department would go offline."

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"The House is set to vote on legislation that would extend the deadlines for federal funding to March 8 and March 22, part of an agreement struck Wednesday between House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) to prevent a shutdown that would otherwise shutter about 20 percent of the federal government just after the stroke of midnight Saturday.Without the extension, critical services at the Transportation Department would go offline."

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