Lawmakers will need to avoid government closures until March 14th.
WASHINGTON – House Democrats said on March 6 that they would not support measures to fund the government at the current level.
“We have a conversation as a House Democrat when we meet again at the Capitol on Tuesday morning,” he told reporters at a press conference.
The government is funded until March 14th. Without an extension of funds, the government will be shut down.
“We have consistently made clear that the topline figures were agreed in a way consistent with the bipartisan fiscal liability laws that Republicans in the House themselves negotiated and supported,” Jeffries said, referring to the 2023 law, which raised the debt cap and included topline government funding numbers.
“The year-long ongoing resolution is inconsistent with the bipartisan fiscal liability law.”
So, Jeffries said, “If Republicans decide to adopt this approach, as Johnson pointed out, it’s his hope that Republicans will go alone.”
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If all Democrats opposed, Johnson could afford to lose one Republican in a short-term funding bill known as the Continuing Resolution (CR), and put government funds into autopilot.
Sen. John Haven (RN.D.) told reporters that Johnson “has got to win all the Republicans.”
It should be decided whether there will be a shutdown or not, Hoeven said.
“The first test is that only Republicans can hand over the house,” he said.
“Then it’s coming here, and I think there’s a lot of pressure on Democrats, so that’s how it goes.”
If House Republicans fail to move on a year-long, continuous solution, the question is whether they can run a short-term version, Hoeven said.
Johnson is calling for a short-term funding bill that will fund the government through September.
Johnson told reporters on March 4 that “minimal measures” would be attached to the ongoing resolution.
President Donald Trump is also calling for a bill that will fund the government until September 30th.
Nathan Worcester contributed to this report.
