As the House prepares to return to Capitol Hill to continue talks over government funding, the lower chamber remains at a standstill as GOP leaders seek to appease the demands of hardline conservatives while also presenting a proposed budget that can pass the Democratic-led Senate.
Congress must pass its annual budget before the new fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, or else lawmakers risk a government shutdown. Budget disagreements are typical as both parties fight over spending priorities, with a final deal often not being made until the eleventh hour after a marathon voting session.
The State-Foriegn Ops bill has been scaled back to FY 2016 levels, but this might not be good enough for some hardline members who are adamant about getting spending down to the $1.471 trillion number. And if they attach added policy to bills such as the DHS appropriations where members are calling for border security measures to be included, more cuts will have to come from somewhere.
“Members on our side of the aisle that have their own reasons for why they, you know, have basically dug in against the appropriations, a variety of reasons,” said Rep. Steve Womack , a veteran appropriator and chairman of an Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government. “We also know that individual members are making certain demands, whether it's something about disaster funding or HR 2 or impeachment, you know, take from the menu.
“Job one we go back, we've got to find out how we're going to fund the government on October one,” Womack said. “That's the near-term challenge for us right now because nothing else matters. If you can't ensure government funding on October one, so whatever the short-term nature of a CR is, that's the job. We got to get that done. And we want to put that to bed. We want to put it to bed early. We don't need this thing happening on September 29 or 30.
“There must be significant policy reforms and spending cuts included in any CR that I would ever consider supporting. In addition to these qualifications, a short-term extension must be reasonable,” Rep. Andrew Clyde told the Washington Examiner, noting the demands made by the Freedom Caucus must be met in exchange for his support on any spending legislation.
“What we've got to do is we got to figure out what it is on a continuing resolution, short-term CR, what it can be, what you need to put on it in order to attract a sufficient number of votes for it to become law,” Womack said. “... If we put HR 2 on it, and then it dooms it because Democrats aren't gonna support that. But maybe there are some provisions in HR 2 that could go on it.
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