Congress will leave DC for October. Can it avoid a government shutdown?

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September 30th is a very important day in Washington DC for two reasons it's when Congress is set to leave for the entire month of October so lawmakers can campaign it's also the deadline to approve Government funding the new federal fiscal year begins October 1st so the government will shut down if they don't pass a spending bill by then they've got three weeks to make this happen and they're not off to a great start speaker Johnson wants the house to vote on a continuing resolution that would f the government until March 28th that kicks the can down the road for 6 months after a new Congress and President are sworn in the vote is scheduled for Wednesday but appears Dead on Arrival house Democratic leader hakeim Jeff called The Proposal extreme and unacceptable he wrote in a letter to his colleagues last spring Congress overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan fiscal responsibility act reached negotiated funding levels for fiscal years 2024 and 2025 and agreed not to include partisan policy changes in any Appropriations legislation despite the existence of a previously agreed upon spending framework extreme magga Republicans have decided to abandon their commitment to the American people in order to enact Trump's project 2025 agenda Senate Democrats also opposed Johnson's Bill and they control that chamber defense secretary Lloyd Austin described the negative impacts of a continuing resolution on the military he wrote in a letter a six-month CR would set us significant ly behind in meeting our pacing challenge highlighted in our national defense strategy the People's Republic of China the PRC is the only Global competitor with both the intent and capability to change the international order the PRC does not operate under CRS Democrats want a three-month spending bill that deals with measures including the upcoming debt ceiling deadline on January 1st so what does Johnson's proposal do it funds the government mostly at current levels through March it provides an extra $12 billion for the VA and $2 billion for building Virginia class submarines it also includes a provision that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote because Democrats and Republicans are so far apart on how to fund the government if past his prologue Congress will likely approve a clean CR that keeps everything exactly as it is now at the very last minute I'm Ray Bogen for Straight Arrow news for more reporting on Congress download the straight news app and turn on notifications [Music]

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