A plan to prevent a partial closure of the government supported by President Donald Trump On Tuesday on the way to a home -wide voice.
The House Rules Committee, the final gatekeeper for legislation affects the House of Representatives room, Advanced the bill Along festive lines on Monday evening.
It is expected that on Tuesday will first see a vote to allow the legislators to discuss the bill, known as a ‘control voice’, followed by a room -wide vote on the legislation itself later in the afternoon.
It is an important test for Trump and speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., While trying to correct a GOP conference of the house that is exceptionally broken about the subject of government financing.
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Speaker Mike Johnson introduces a financing plan that is supported by the house by President Donald Trump. (Andrew Harnik/Getty images)
The bill is a continuous resolution (CR), a rough expansion of tax 2024 financing levels to keep the government open by the start of Fiscal 2026 on 1 October.
The Republicans are largely expected to only bear the bill in the house, despite a considerable number of GOP legislative people who would normally be against the extension of the financing levels from the Biden era.
Democrats have surpassed the Republicans in recent years in anti-government votes, but this time their opposition has been against the Department of Government efficiency of Elon Musk (Doge) many left-wing legislators who indicate their opposition.
But what optimism gives Johnson allies is the fact that two of the most vocal backers of the measure are the most senior members of the Hawkish House Freedom Caucus.
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, the group’s policy chairman, told FOX News Digital on Monday morning that an important part of the pitch of conservatives to fellow tax hawks is that Trump will probably still move to spend less money than the CR ownership, including the financing he has already been blocked by executive order.
“Step 1 is the CR freezes editions, boys, that is a victory; no. 2, no ear tags; no. 3, no gigantic omnibus; no. 4, we believe that the president can work,” Roy said about his field.
Rep. Chip Roy is one of the most important lawyers of the bill. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Freedom Caucus chairman Andy Harris, R-MD., Made the near-uniform mood of Republicans about their federal budget law supported by Trump last month.
“There were many people in Washington who said that we would never endure a debt ceiling with only Republican voices, and we did that in the house,” Harris said. “I think there are people in the same way who, including some Democrats, who think:” Well, they will have to come to us because they can never go through a continuous resolution with only Republican voices. ” And I think we will see the same result (Tuesday).
But with razor-thin margins, Johnson can afford a precious small deviating opinions to still pass on the bill to festive lines.
At least one Republican is already against: Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., An avid Johnson critic, wrote on X at the end of Sunday: “Unless I get a lobotomy on Monday that forgets me what I have seen in the last 12 years, I will be a no on the CR this week. I am surprised this week.
The legislation of 99 pages was released during the weekend.
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The bill assigns an extra $ 8 billion to Defense spending to limit the concerns of National Security Hawks, while non-defensive editions that the congress appropriately appropriate would fall by around $ 13 billion.
There are also some added funds to facilitate immigrations and enforcement operations.
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Cutbacks on non-defense-discretionary expenditures would be found by eliminating a few “silks” during the negotiations of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, said House Gop Leadership Assistants. The legislators would also not have the opportunity to request financing for special pets in their districts known as earrings, another area that classifying Republicans as savings.
It enables Republican leaders to claim a victory for no meaningful government spending that has been increased compared to the tax 2025.
