U.S. House leaders unveiled a bipartisan funding agreement on Sunday to avoid a government shutdown.
townhall.com By Sarah Arnold
U.S. House leaders unveiled a bipartisan funding agreement on Sunday to avoid a government shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced the legislation to fund the government until December 20. It includes $231 million in U.S. Secret Service funding with conditions that the agency would cooperate with congressional investigations. The spending bill also provides funding to replenish a disaster relief fund and aid with the presidential transition.
“Over the past four days, bipartisan, bicameral negotiations have been underway to reach an agreement that maintains current funding through December 20 and avoids a government shutdown a month before the election,” Schumer said in a statement. “While I am pleased bipartisan negotiations quickly led to a government funding agreement free of cuts and poison pills, this same agreement could have been done two weeks ago.”
The bill comes after Johnson tried to tie in a mandate that would have required states to require proof of citizenship when people register to vote. Former President Donald Trump urged Republicans to shut the government down if the election security bill didn’t become law. However, it had no chance in the Democratic-controlled Senate and was ultimately opposed by the White House…
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