Congressional Republicans plan to try to block Democrats with a Fixed Spend bill, similar to their successful match in March, but face some resistance in their ranks.
President Trump appeals on Monday Republican Party Unity will fund the government by the September 30 deadline as he wants Democrats to take responsibility when they close.
Mr. Trump posted on social media: “In an era like this, Republicans must unite to deal with radical left-Democratic demands and vote ‘yes!'” “Democrats want the government to close. Republicans want the government to be open.”
Democrats demand Republican Party Negotiating with them on health care policies, including expanding Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year.
Republicans say they wouldn’t negotiate “unrelated issues” but instead plan to propose a “clean” parking spending bill that extends current levels of government funding and policies until November 20.
although Republican Party Leaders have not issued the Stop Act (called Continuing Solutions or CR) as they try to finalize details about additional funds for the security of lawmakers.
Some House Republicans have begun to openly question their leaders’ plans, prompting the president to step in and try to calm the dissent.
Mr. Trump accuses Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrats of trying to orchestrate the government shutdown and suggests Republican Party Unity is necessary to ensure that Democrats are blamed.
Mr. Trump warned: “Failure is not an option.”
Mr Schumer said Democrats don’t want to close, but so far Republicans have rejected their request. He said they wanted “blog negotiations that we could resolve some of the serious harm that Donald Trump has done to our health care system and help the cost of living for Americans.”
Republicans did not negotiate with Democrats in March when they passed a Fixed-Shift spending bill for the rest of 2025, but Mr. Schumer and a few Senate Democrats voted on them to keep the government open.
Mr. Schumer won the championship from his party for the move and is now competing for the Republicans to play the same game.
Opposition from several House Republicans is threatening Republican Party Strategy to make Democrats look like stubborn parties.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, Louisiana Republican, can’t afford more than two Republican Party There are at least four defections in the measure – Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Warren Davidson of Ohio and Victoria Spartz of Indiana, which publicly planned the plan.
Not explicitly saying she is “no”, Ms. Green doubled in her social media post Republican Party The leader was unable to vote for another bill that continued the level of funding and policies of the Biden administration.
“I can’t wait to see how voting for CR is a Trump loyalty test,” she said. “In all realities, passing Biden’s policy through Biden Omnibus is a disloyalty for him. Rather than passing a Republican appropriation bill through Trump’s policy and our spending priorities to make his policy permanent.”
Congress last enacted a new appropriation bill in fiscal 2024, with annual discretionary spending totaling $1.6 trillion. Since then, the administration has been halting its extension, meaning that the law has changed little since Mr. Trump took office in his second term.
“When Biden was president, I didn’t vote for those spending priorities, and now I won’t vote for them.”
Mr. Davidson is equally frustrated by what he calls it Republican Party “Current status thinking and approach (soft incrementalism at best).
“So, for more administration, I’m on another CR,” he said. “We know we need a smaller, more responsible, more centralized first government in the United States. I’m not going to tolerate anything else.”
Ms Spats said she would vote for CR, just as Congress intends to stand out on Thanksgiving when she runs for Congress on November 20.
The Speaker said the CR’s bill text is still being completed because the leaders have not yet decided how much money to add to lawmakers’ safety after the killing of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, which has heightened anxiety about political threats.
Johnson said the Trump administration made a $58 million request to Congress over the weekend to provide security for executive and judicial officials, but lawmakers have not yet determined the needs of the legislative branch.
“We haven’t reached a consensus yet, because all of this has evolved very quickly over the past few days,” the speaker said.
If Mr. Johnson makes CR muscular through the house, the Senate is expected to accept it immediately, even if that means attending the meeting this weekend. Both rooms are scheduled to take a vacation next week to spend the Jewish holiday.
