WASHINGTON (NEWSnet/AP) — Congressional leaders are preparing a stopgap bill to keep the federal government running into March and avoid a pending partial shutdown.
The temporary measure will go to March 1 for some federal agencies, and extend the remainder of government operations to March 8. That’s according to a person familiar with the situation and granted anonymity to discuss it.
Without this step, funding is set to expire Jan. 19 for some agencies and Feb. 2 for others.
The stopgap bill, expected to be released Sunday, would come as House Speaker Mike Johnson has been under pressure from hard-right Republicans to bypass a recent bipartisan spending deal with Senate Democrats. Moderates in the party urged him to stay with the previous plan.
The bill does need Democratic support to pass the divided House.
“Our top-line agreement remains,” Johnson said Friday, referring to the budget accord reached Jan. 7. That agreement is based on spending caps for defense and domestic programs.
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