#Conservatives are typically loath to sign off on any #government spending patch aimed at averting a #shutdown, slamming those stopgaps as further evidence of a broken Washington [as they cause the breakage] stuck on a woeful fiscal trajectory.
After gleefully rejecting 4 continuing resolutions in recent months as funding talks wobbled, members on Speaker #MikeJohnson’s #RightWing flank now say #Congress needs one that lasts into next year after federal cash dries up at the end of Sept.
Their hope is that the Nov #election finally grants #GOP hardliners the necessary #leverage (read: extra votes) to enact steep spending cuts & #conservative policies across a slate of fiscal 2025 spending bills.
“The CR should be into next year, not into the lame duck,” said Rep #JimJordan (R-OH). “Because you want to give the new president a chance to weigh in on what we spend & where we spend it.”
“We know there’s going to be a CR. I think that CR will go into [2025],” said Rep #ChipRoy (R-#Texas). “I think you shouldn’t drop it into a lame duck, because frankly nothing good happens for America in a lame duck.”