Speaker Johnson throws cold water on December end-date for funding bill

Source: The Hill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday he is not in favor of a stopgap measure that would only fund the government until December, preferring a January time frame.

The stopgap measure that passed the House in September and has failed to advance in the Senate funds the government at current levels through Nov. 21. With that date rapidly approaching, lawmakers have been discussing a new end date for the stopgap measure, known as a continuing resolution (CR).

“A lot of people around here have PTSD about Christmas omnibus spending bills. We don’t want to do that,” Johnson said at a Tuesday press briefing. “It gets too close, and we don’t want to have that risk.”

Johnson said a stopgap measure lasting into January “makes sense,” but that he’s got to build consensus around that date.

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