In a last-ditch effort to prevent a government shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) and Republican leaders are advancing a new strategy involving three separate bills.
This move comes after previous Schumer-Johnson and Trump-endorsed proposals failed to secure sufficient support.
According to FOX News host Harris Faulkner, Republicans are working on Plan C to avoid a government shutdown.
The proposed plan divides the spending package into three distinct components:
- Short-Term Federal Funding: A measure to extend funding for federal agencies for three months, maintaining government operations until March 14.
- Disaster Relief: Allocation of over $100 billion to support disaster-stricken areas, addressing immediate needs arising from recent natural calamities.
- Farm Aid: Provision of $10 billion in assistance to farmers, ensuring stability in the agricultural sector amid ongoing economic challenges.
Harris Faulkner: We’re making news now on that situation with the possible government shutdown.
Republicans now are strategizing in different ways to force lawmakers to pass a spending bill, a CR, Continuing Resolution, before tonight’s deadline.
Sources are telling Fox News, House Republican leaders are expected to present three bills. One, a clean funding CR. Two, disaster relief. You know how many storms we’ve had, hurricanes, so on and so fourth, and three, a farm aid. You know I’m a big component for that. I want there to be a farm czar when Trump gets into office.
And they want a handshake agreement on acting on the debt limit and spending cuts next year. They want to break out those emergency portions of that giant bill that came in from Democrats, that 1,500 plus page bill that got shrunk last night to 116 pages and still could not pass.
They want to break off the farm aid and the storm bill, basically the emergency funding for people, and have that passed separately. Put those priorities first. One Republican lawmaker also is telling Fox they will be on the Hill all night long. The deadline, 11:59:59, they’ll go beyond that to try to get this done.
The Gateway Pundit has received confirmation from House GOP sources that votes are not expected until later today, possibly midnight.
Video via Midnight Rider.
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