NATION: Today, the report from Capitol Hill indicates that the House spending bill, revised by the newest of the recently elected House speakers, Mike Johnson, did not fair well among bilateral voters. In fact, Johnson's reviosions plan is being perceived by some as insufficient. By Michelle Crawford-Sapenter "We have until Friday to avert another unnecessary government shutdown. The House proposal does two things that Democrats have pushed for..."--Senate Majority Leader, Chuck Schumer At the Senate level, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has stated his approval of the Johnson plan. Johnson has indicated that the best move forward, at this point, as the holidays roll upon the Capitol and the nation, is postponing any further action that would require a controversial vote on the House floor. As the deadline for the bill looms over the heads of both the House and Senate, a decision on the postponement seems the only way out to avoid a shutdown by Friday, November 17. Schumer stated, today, that a postponement of the bill's approval will extend the open doors of the federal government and will avoid any decisions being made on "hard right cuts..." demanded by MAGA extremists. On Wednesday, while the Johnson bill failed to convince even members of the conservative right to support the revisions, the bill ended in a vote of 195-225 with opposition on matters of Science, Justice and Commerce. The Johnson decision, however, failed to pass in the House, today, among members who, on Tuesday, sided with pushing the bill decision forward to next year. Today, the picture was a bit ambuiguous. Members of the House, including Scott Perry, stated that the Johnson bill postponement is tge utter represention of follies-- as in Ziegfeld -- and, thereafter, stated his refusal to vote to favor such theatrics. While House members are pushing the decision awfully close to the deadline on Friday, there are pros and cons that are preventing the mneasure from being approved. Today, Johnson states that the decision s made during this Congress must stand adding that the House will not make any further stopgap fundings until discussions resume in 2024. A mid-January 2024 decision on revisions will prevent a fraction of the spending bill being eliminated by the 2 quarter, 2024.
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