{"id":104784,"date":"2024-03-18T18:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/congress-kicks-off-week-without-deal-to-avert-partial-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T18:00:09","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T18:00:09","slug":"congress-kicks-off-week-without-deal-to-avert-partial-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/congress-kicks-off-week-without-deal-to-avert-partial-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress kicks off week without deal to avert partial government shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(WASHINGTON) — Congress is beginning the week without a deal to avert a partial government shutdown by Friday’s deadline — as funding for the Department of Homeland Security trips up negotiations.<\/p>\n

The Friday deadline is for the remaining six of 12 spending bills after Congress passed the first six earlier this month — averting a partial government shutdown in the process.<\/p>\n

This funding package will need to clear both chambers by Friday at midnight.<\/p>\n

It was widely expected that negotiators would release legislative text for a government funding package by Sunday, but they blew through that deadline, raising questions about the prospects of a shutdown. Lawmakers are in crunch time to prevent a shutdown: the House has a rule requiring 72 hours for members to review legislation before voting; the Senate also can take a few days to process House-passed bills.<\/p>\n

If there’s no bill text Monday, that potentially pushes votes off until the end of the week or weekend — increasing the chances of shutdown — unless House Speaker Mike Johnson speeds up the process.<\/p>\n

The hang-up, according to GOP leadership sources, is funding for DHS, which would keep the agency funded at current levels. That would essentially be a cut \u2013 a strong signal given the surge of migrants at the southern border and that immigration is a key wedge issue in an election year.<\/p>\n

A major sticking point is funding for border enforcement — something Republicans want more money allocated to after a record number of migrant encounters at the southern border late last year.<\/p>\n

Democrats, meanwhile, are pushing for more money for pay equity in the Transportation Security Administration.<\/p>\n

Talks on funding for DHS were already in bad shape last week and congressional leaders ended up proposing a full-year continuing resolution to fund the department. The White House threatened to reject the CR over the weekend, according to a GOP leadership source.<\/p>\n

The White House told ABC News that it didn’t have a comment on the matter.<\/p>\n

“House Republicans will continue to work in good faith to reach consensus on the appropriations bills that reprioritizes DHS funding towards enforcing border and immigration laws,” Raj Shah, a spokesman for Johnson, said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Sources says the other five funding bills are complete and agreed upon. The other bills include funding agencies such as the departments of Defense, State and Education.<\/p>\n

This debacle is the latest challenge for Johnson, who has worked to come up plans to avert several shutdowns with his party’s razor-thin majority. He has had to rely on House Democrats’ votes to prevent shutdowns — something that landed his predecessor Kevin McCarthy in hot water with the party and contributed to his ouster last year.<\/p>\n

Many House Republicans have not aligned with Johnson on his plans to fund the government, with many pushing back on his plans to use continuing resolutions.<\/p>\n

At the Republican retreat in West Virginia last week, Johnson said he was confident they’d be able to avert a shutdown.<\/p>\n

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