House tees up vote to avert shutdown
Story Date: 11/20/2019

 

Source: POLITICO'S MORNING AGRICULTURE 11/19/19

House and Senate leaders reached an agreement over a one-month continuing resolution that would extend funding through Dec. 20, POLITICO's John Bresnahan and Caitlin Emma report. House Democrats published the text on Monday and the chamber is scheduled to vote today — followed by a Senate vote by Thursday, when a current stopgap spending bill expires.

What's next: The bill, H.R. 3055 (116) , should have relatively smooth sailing through both chambers, and President Donald Trump is expected to sign the measure. But there's still no agreement on full appropriations for fiscal 2020, which started Oct. 1. Top appropriators haven't been able to strike a deal on divvying up defense and domestic spending among the 12 annual appropriations bills.

Hitting the wall: Negotiators at some point will need to find a way around the partisan dispute over funds for Trump's promised U.S.-Mexico border wall. A standoff over the wall last December sparked the longest government shutdown in history.

























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