The details surrounding the emergency spending law are expected to be delayed and could “move a day” as the deadline to avoid a crisis A government shutdown is looming.
Lawmarkers were expected to share the text of the emergency spending bill to prevent a government shutdown and address emergency relief on Sunday, but Fox News is told the text “with a day gone by can go”.
It comes as both House and lawmakers in the Senate negotiating how big the disaster relief package should be, and whether it should be tied to a year-end federal funding bill, which is critical to averting a partial government shutdown during the holidays.
This could pose a problem as government funding expires on Friday at 11:59:59 PM. If this is postponed, the House of Representatives may not be able to process the bill until the end of this week.
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Hurricane Milton and Hurricane Helene damage. (National Weather Service)
It is also noted that it doesn’t take much for the Senate to slow things down when senators demand time.
The House has a so-called “three-day rule,” which requires text to be posted three days before the debate and vote. However, waiting until tomorrow means the House may not take up the bill until Thursday or Friday — the height of the deadline.
Fox News is told there will be no delays in government funding until mid-March. or the disaster package for Hurricanes Helene, Milton, wildfires in Maui, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore and tornadoes in the Midwest, but that there is a problem with agricultural supplies “and other things that are important to leaders on both sides.”
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President Biden wrote to Chairman Mike Johnson about disaster relief after Helene and Milton. (Getty Images)
One source declined to answer when Fox was asked if there was an attempt to include last-minute provisions in the catch-all measure for Syria or drones.
In early October, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told Fox News Digital that Helene was likely “one of the most expensive storms that the country has ever encountered.”
The Biden administration has requested more than $100 billion in funding for disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton.
The ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus is calling on Republican leaders to reject President Biden’s request for disaster relief.
President Biden, joined by Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm (R), provides an update on the administration’s response to Hurricanes Milton and Helene in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on October 11, 2024 in Washington, D.C.
The group is demanding a slimmed-down package that covers what is “absolutely necessary” and that must be offset by cuts elsewhere.
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“Congress should not pass an unpaid $100 billion supplemental funding bill — which Democrats will use to bolster their own, unrelated priorities — in the waning days of Democrats’ control of Washington, just before Republicans gain control of the White House and take over both Houses,” Congress said. Statement from the House Freedom Caucus read.
“The House should consider only what is absolutely necessary at this time to deliver critical relief to hurricane victims and farmers, pay for it with offsets for wasteful spending elsewhere in the administration, and then wait for President Trump to take office to to better manage disaster relief. “
If new spending is not approved through appropriations bills or an emergency measure, a partial government shutdown could occur before Christmas.
Elizabeth Elkind of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
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