Four Days Until a Shutdown

Punchbowl News: “House GOP leaders plan to go to the Rules Committee today to set the guidelines for considering this bill on the floor. They tentatively plan for a floor vote on Tuesday. The House is scheduled to leave town following that vote. House Democrats are set to hold their annual retreat during the latter part of the week in Leesburg, Va.”

“This CR would fund federal agencies through Sept. 30. House Republicans say it’s a ‘clean’ resolution that keeps spending at the current level. Democrats have a very different view of what the package would do…”

“We’ll say this upfront: It doesn’t feel like a shutdown is going to happen, although there’s still a chance because, well, this is Congress. Every time we think we’ve reached new levels of silliness, lawmakers up the ante.”

“Remember: This is a 204-day CR. We’re talking about a package that locks in most of the Biden-era spending levels that the federal government has been operating under during the last year.”

Playbook: “Yes, it’s that time of year again. One of the weirdest rituals of American politics returns to the fore this week as the government of the world’s richest nation prepares to literally shut itself down while politicians bicker about funding levels.”