Republicans release stopgap government funding plan
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House Republicans on Tuesday released text for a stopgap bill that funds the government at current levels through Nov. 21 and boosts security funding for public officials.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the House plans to vote “by Friday” on the measure, saying it “will keep the government funded and operating at current levels while we continue all this work” on regular appropriations bills.

In addition to extending funding, it meets the Trump administration’s request for an additional $58 million for security for public officials — $30 million for the executive branch, and $28 million for the Supreme Court — plus a $30 million boost in security funding for security for members of Congress.

The $30 million boost in funding for member security will be deposited in a mutual aid account to reimburse local police for funds spent to protect members of Congress, according to a House GOP leadership source.

The bill also includes a funding fix for the District of Columbia for fiscal year 2026, coming after Congress withheld $1 billion for funding for the district earlier this year. And it includes several other budgetary anomalies that were requested by the White House, as well as an extension of authorizations pertaining to health care and veterans affairs.

Democrats have signaled opposition to such a funding bill, calling for any stopgap to include provisions to eliminate cuts to Medicaid that Republicans passed into law earlier this year and to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies expiring at the end of the year.

“In exchange for their vote to fund the government, some Democrats said they wanted Republicans to repeal our very popular and very effective reforms to the Medicaid program … Zero chance that we will do that,” Johnson said.

On the expiring ACA subsidies, Johnson said: “That is a December policy issue, not a September funding issue.”

If all Democrats vote against the CR, Republicans can afford to lose no more than two GOP votes, assuming all members are present and voting.

At least four GOP members have signaled opposition to a short-term CR: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.), who said it would be “disloyalty” to Trump to extend funding levels first approved under former President Biden; Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), who regularly votes against CRs; Rep. Victoria Spartz (Ind.), who often signals opposition to funding members before voting for them; and Rep. Warren Davidson (Ohio), who decried “another CR for the sake of more government.”

Davidson, though, signaled on Tuesday morning he could be convinced to vote for it: “Any time there’s a CR, it’s like, in order to do what? What is the play call from here?”

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