A stopgap measure to prevent a government shutdown is likely to last only a few weeks, according to Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard ShelbyRichard Craig ShelbyFormer AG Sessions enters Alabama Senate race On The Money: Retirement savings bill blocked in Senate after fight over amendments | Stopgap bill may set up December spending fight | Hardwood industry pleads for relief from Trump trade war CR discussions veer toward December: Shelby MORE (R-Ala.).
“I hear that it’d be sometime in December,” Shelby said.
Shelby, who had previously floated a three- to four-month continuing resolution, or stopgap funding measure, said a December end-date was being discussed in meetings with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellFormer AG Sessions enters Alabama Senate race Kentucky sports radio host Matt Jones, potential McConnell challenger, taken off air following GOP complaint Trump has officially appointed one in four circuit court judges MORE (R-Ky.).
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In the House, Majority Leader Steny HoyerSteny Hamilton HoyerProgressive freshmen jump into leadership PAC fundraising CR discussions veer toward December: Shelby The Democrats’ generational battle MORE (D-Md.) has also pushed for a mid-December deadline to advance spending bills, though House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita LoweyNita Sue LoweyCR discussions veer toward December: Shelby White House warns against including wall restrictions in stopgap bill Lawmakers dismiss fresh fears of another government shutdown MORE (D-N.Y.) has also pushed for a longer horizon.
The House and Senate have yet to agree on any of the 12 annual spending bills for the 2020 fiscal year, which began on Oct. 1. President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump encounters GOP resistance to investigating Hunter Biden Trump’s 2016 team sounds alarm as Democrats make gains Whistleblower lawyer sends cease and desist to White House over Trump’s attacks MORE’s proposed border wall is at the heart of the disagreements.
The current continuing resolution expires Nov. 21.
Shelby said that he is hoping that President Trump and Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiSenate fight derails bipartisan drug pricing bills CR discussions veer toward December: Shelby Scarborough knocks GOP senator for Pelosi remark: He ‘degraded himself’ MORE (D-Calif.) will be able to meet and work out their differences. The last meeting between the two was brief and tumultuous, ending when Trump hurled insults at Pelosi over her decision to support an impeachment inquiry.
Click Here: st kilda saints guernsey 2019“I think if they come together again we’ll move our bills. If we don’t we’re going to be drifting,” Shelby said.
He also said that he did not believe there was a serious chance of a shutdown happening, either in November or in December.
“I believe it’s zero,” he said. “I hope so.”