House passes a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown, but prospects in the Senate look dim

The House connected Friday passed a short-term spending measure to widen authorities backing for 7 weeks and debar a partial authorities shutdown connected Oct. 1, but prospects looked dimmer successful the Senate, wherever the 2 parties amusement nary signs of budging connected the matter.

The measure would mostly proceed existing backing levels done Nov. 21. Democratic leaders are adamantly opposed and are threatening a authorities shutdown if Republicans don't fto them person a accidental connected the measure, arsenic immoderate Democratic enactment volition beryllium needed to get a measure to President Donald Trump's table for his signature.

The ballot was 217-212.

House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana had fewer votes to spare arsenic helium sought to transportation chap Republicans to ballot for the backing patch, thing galore successful his league person routinely opposed successful past fund fights. But this time, GOP members spot a accidental to represent the Democrats arsenic liable for a shutdown.

"We were precise careful. We enactment nary partisan measures successful this. There's nary poison pills. None of that," Johnson said starring up to the vote.

In a motion the ballot could beryllium close, Trump weighed in, urging House Republicans to walk the measure and enactment the load connected Democrats to reason it. GOP leaders often request Trump's assistance to triumph implicit holdouts connected legislation.

"Every House Republican should UNIFY, and VOTE YES!" Trump said connected his societal media site.

Democratic person Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said that successful opposing the continuing resolution, Democrats were moving to support the wellness attraction of the American people. He said that with Republicans controlling the White House and some branches of Congress, "Republicans volition ain a authorities shutdown. Period. Full stop."

The House ballot present sends the measure to the Senate wherever Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said the Senate volition ballot connected the measurement on with a dueling Democratic proposal. But neither is expected to triumph the 60 votes indispensable to advance.

Senators could past perchance permission municipality until Sept. 29 - 1 time earlier the shutdown deadline. The Senate has a scheduled recess adjacent week due to the fact that of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish caller year.

The Democratic connection would widen enhanced wellness security subsidies acceptable to expire astatine the extremity of the year, positive reverse Medicaid cuts that were included successful Republicans' large taxation breaks and spending cuts measure enacted earlier this year.

"The American radical volition look astatine what Republicans are doing, look astatine what Democrats are doing, and it volition beryllium wide that nationalist sentiment volition beryllium connected our side," said Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, who has repeatedly threatened a shutdown if wellness attraction isn't addressed.

Democrats connected some sides of the Capitol are watching Schumer intimately aft his last-minute determination successful March to ballot with Republicans to support the authorities open. Schumer argued past that a shutdown would beryllium damaging and would springiness Trump and his White House state to marque much authorities cuts. Many connected the near revolted, with immoderate advocates calling for his resignation.

The ballot successful the outpouring besides caused a impermanent schism with Jeffries, who opposed that peculiar GOP spending measure and said helium would not beryllium "complicit" with Schumer's vote.

The 2 Democratic leaders present accidental they are united, and Schumer says things person changed since March. The nationalist is much wary of Trump and Republicans, Schumer says, aft the transition of Medicaid cuts.

Most Democrats look to beryllium backing Schumer's request that determination beryllium negotiations connected the measure - and enactment his threats of a shutdown, adjacent arsenic it is unclear however they would get retired of it.

"Look, the president said truly boldly, don't adjacent speech to Democrats. Unless he's forgotten that you request a supermajority to walk a fund successful the Senate, that's evidently his awesome helium wants a shutdown," said Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis.

While the Democratic measurement to money the authorities has nary accidental of transition Friday, it does springiness Democrats a mode to amusement voters their absorption connected cutting wellness attraction costs.

"There are immoderate happening we person to address. The wellness insurance, ACA, is going to hammer millions of radical successful the country, including successful reddish states," said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine. "To me, that can't beryllium enactment off."

Republicans accidental the blasted would beryllium intelligibly connected the different broadside if they can't walk a measure - and are utilizing Schumer's erstwhile arguments against shutdowns against him.

Sen. John Barrasso, the No. 2 Republican successful the Senate, said: "Senator Schumer himself said that passing a cleanable CR volition avert a harmful and unnecessary shutdown. Now helium wants to origin a harmful and unnecessary shutdown."