NEWS | FUNDING WATCH LIVE from Washington
- NSBA
- Apr 9
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 10
Stuck between gridlock and a hard place, funding feuds and disputed budget priorities are percolating in Washington. Follow NSBA as we track the latest on government spending from Capitol Hill and the White House.
APRIL 10, 11:46 AM EDT | The House on Thursday adopted the resolution Republicans needed to get moving on their sweeping budget bill to enact many of their top legislative priorities, after several days of negotiations with conservative holdouts.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said his chamber would adhere to the House’s much-higher floor for spending cuts in the eventual budget reconciliation package, an emphatic public statement that enough House conservatives needed to hear before voting for the budget blueprint.
The measure was adopted on a narrow 216-214 vote.
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APRIL 10, 9:59 AM EDT | House Delays Vote On Tax-Cut, Debt Limit Plan
House leaders decided Wednesday night to postpone a key vote to fast-track Trump’s tax cuts, after determining they lacked the votes to clear a Senate-passed budget.
Republicans in the House are divided over whether to cut Medicaid health coverage, food assistance and other parts of the social safety net.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the budget will likely come up for a vote Thursday. The House is scheduled to leave Washington for a two-week recess at the end of this week.
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APRIL 09, 11:05 AM EDT | By the grace of some last-minute maneuvering, it seems the House will bring the bill for a vote today. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he is feeling confident Republicans will have the votes to pass the current spending plan.
A lot of hurrying up to wait, follow NSBA as we track the latest on government spending from Capitol Hill and the White House.
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APRIL 09, 10:15 AM EDT | House Speaker Mike Johnson and President Trump are currently attempting to persuade a faction of Republican hold-outs to support the Senate-passed budget resolution bill. Roughly a dozen Republican lawmakers have expressed concerns about the fiscal impacts of the legislation, passage of which would set the stage for Congress to extend critical tax provisions later in the year.
With a two-week Easter recess hopping up fast, if efforts to persuade the hold-outs are unsuccessful before members leave town on Friday, House leaders may cancel a slated vote on the bill.
Follow NSBA as we track the latest on government spending from Capitol Hill and the White House.
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