McCarthy Will Seek Short Term Spending Bill

“House Republicans are eyeing a short-term funding stopgap to keep the government open past the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30 as lawmakers struggle through an appropriations process characterized by conservatives’ push to slash spending,” The Hill reports.

“McCarthy said he does not want the CR to be jammed at the end of the year or stretch into the December holidays… But a CR likely won’t come easily. Some members of the party’s right flank have stressed they will only vote for bills that set funding at fiscal 2022 levels, and a CR would keep spending the same as in fiscal 2023.”