House Republicans released the text of a continuing resolution that would fund the government through Sept. 30. Now, passing it in a narrowly divided chamber is the next hurdle.
Representative Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, told NBC News Tuesday that Democrats will vote against the one-year continuing resolution. That leaves Republicans with few other options, as the conservative party simply doesn’t have the votes to push it through without bipartisan support.
The top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee is rejecting the idea of a stopgap spending bill to fund the government at current levels through the remainder of the fiscal year. That proposal is being pushed by President Trump,
The proposal would fund the government through September, and mostly maintain levels of spending passed during the last administration.
With less than a week to go before a March 14 shutdown deadline, it is not clear if Republicans have the votes to pass the continuing resolution unveiled Saturday.
Democrats decried the measure as a White House power grab, leaving it unclear whether the legislation could pass.
House Republicans unveiled a spending bill Saturday that would keep federal agencies funded through Sept. 30, pushing ahead with a go-it-alone strategy that seems certain to spark a major confrontation with Democrats over the contours of government spending.