Freedom Caucus pushes for stopgap into 2025 to avoid omnibus
Source: The Hill
08/12/24 8:30 AM ET
The House Freedom Caucus adopted an official position in favor of adopting a continuing resolution to extend government funding past the end-of-year Sept. 30 deadline and until early 2025 with the intention of avoiding an end-of-year omnibus that could be favorable to Democrats.
The move from the hard-line conservative group amounts to a shot over the bow in the funding battle that will dominate Congress when it returns from August recess — and which will provide a critical test for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
In the official position released Monday, the Freedom Caucus also calls for pairing a stopgap measure with the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a bill led by Freedom Caucus member Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) to expand proof-of-citizenship requirements to vote in federal elections and impose voter roll purge requirements on states. The House passed the bill in June.
“The House Freedom Caucus believes that House Republicans should return to Washington to continue the work of passing all 12 appropriations bills to cut spending and advance our policy priorities. If unsuccessful, in the inevitability that Congress considers a Continuing Resolution, government funding should be extended into early 2025 to avoid a lame duck omnibus that preserves Democrat spending and policies well into the next administration,” the group said in the official position.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4823550-house-freedom-caucus-continuing-resolution/
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