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House Democrats grow antsy to pass shutdown fix ahead of Friday cliff - Politico

House Democrats grow antsy to pass shutdown fix ahead of Friday cliff - Politico

House Democrats grow antsy to pass shutdown fix ahead of Friday cliff - Politico
Dec 01, 2021 1 min, 12 secs

Majority Leader Steny Hoyer argued during a closed-door meeting that Democrats need to bring a funding patch to the floor Wednesday, with or without the bipartisan blessing of their Senate counterparts.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said Tuesday morning that he plans to bring the measure to the floor as early as Wednesday | Samuel Corum/Getty Images.

House Democrats are agitating for a Wednesday vote to pass a temporary shutdown patch, even as the majority party struggles to reach a deal that Senate Republicans will support.

The majority leader argued during a closed-door meeting late Tuesday that House Democrats needed to bring the measure to the floor on Wednesday, with or without the bipartisan blessing of their Senate counterparts, according to sources in the room.

They argue that the two parties will need more time to strike a sweeping funding deal that updates spending levels for the Pentagon and every domestic agency of the federal government.

A Senate GOP aide said on Tuesday afternoon that minority party leaders were seeking “an appropriate amount of time” to work through cross-party negotiations on a broader funding package.

A top House Democratic aide said on Tuesday that Republicans in both chambers had “refused to negotiate” all year over funding the government.

while House and Senate Democrats have put forward their proposals, Republicans have not presented an offer of their own,” said Evan Hollander, the majority party’s leading spokesperson for the House Appropriations Committee

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