House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has unveiled the text of a Continuing Resolution that would fund the federal government before it shuts down Friday.
The spending measure funds the government through March 14, early in President-elect Donald Trump’s term.
The bill contains a laundry list of specific provisions like over $100 billion in disaster relief, $10 billion in economic assistance for farmers on top of disaster relief allocated specifically for farmers, a pay raise for lawmakers, and $8 billion to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore which was destroyed by a ship crashing into it earlier this year.
Republican leadership opted for a short-term spending measure to allow Trump to set his own spending agenda in March instead of pushing for a full year’s worth of spending as with many past continuing resolutions.
Several Republicans immediately expressed frustration with the C.R., meaning Johnson will almost certainly need Democratic votes in the House to get it across the finish line.
