Politico September 19, 2024
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IN THE EVENT OF A SHUTDOWN — An attempt to avert a government shutdown was quashed Wednesday, leaving Congress just 12 days to pass a funding patch to keep the government open.
House Speaker Mike Johnson spent the weekend trying to rally his party to support a short-term funding plan that would keep the government open through the end of March. The vote’s failure means House Republicans would likely have to team up with Democrats to pass an even shorter funding patch through December, POLITICO’s Jordain Carney, Olivia Beavers and Sarah Ferris report.
House Republicans have proposed funding patches that keep HHS funding level and don’t include additional funding requested by the White House for respiratory illness...
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