congress United States of America Approved a new budget extension this Thursday to avoid an administrative shutdown or existing funds ‘shut down’ before midnight on Friday. The House of Representatives approved the budget proposal with 314 votes in favor and 108 against; this rate exceeded the two-thirds required by the measure. He did so shortly after the Senate also approved it by a vote of 77 in favor and 18 against.
in the House of Representatives, The extension faced opposition from half of Republicans (107 votes in favor, 106 votes against).Criticizing that his leadership in that room continues to vent to the Joe Biden Government with these extensions. “It doesn’t matter who holds the Speaker’s seat or who has the majority, we’re still doing the same stupid things,” said conservative Chip Roy. His colleague Eli Crane took aim at House Speaker Mike Johnson for agreeing to the extension with Democrats: “Our President Johnson has said he’s the most conservative president we’ve ever had. But here’s what we offer: This bill this afternoon is a bill without conservative policies.” .
In November of last year, Congress approved the last budget extension, which also averted an imminent executive shutdown with two expirations of January 19 and February 2, which seemed distant at the time. Johnson made a statement earlier this month. Democrats, Republicans and the White House reached an agreement on approving the fiscal year 2024 budget (started October 1, 2023) and avoid new extensions, but there hasn’t been time to process this. The new budget extension also has two expiration dates, ranging from March 1 to March 8.
“We need some more time in the calendar to allow this process to develop,” Johnson, who pledged not to support or approve new extensions in November, said on Wednesday.
In addition to the legislative process to follow, the deal agreed and announced by Johnson faces internal opposition from a segment of the Republican Party that is divided in today’s vote. The balance within the Republicans is very weak and a minority sector had already ousted previous leader Kevin McCarthy in October last yearAfter the budget deal with the Democrats.
Approval of the extension did not satisfy a majority of Democrats, either, although Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, congratulated him on Wednesday for managing to persuade lawmakers from both parties to work “late into the night.” To prevent administrative closure. “We have good news for the United States: There will be no shutdown on Friday. The Government will remain open because both parties are working together. Services will not be interrupted, we will prevent an unnecessary disaster.”
But his number two, Dick Durbin, expressed his displeasure: “It’s disappointing that the best we can do when funding the government is to ‘keep the lights on.’ We must address the issues that matter to the American people, not give up.” The ball is in the air once again.”
With the administrative shutdown less than a week away, the White House is putting a protocol in place to prepare all its departments. The closure means hundreds of thousands of public workers are sent home, unemployed or unpaid, and many services are paralyzed..