Cantor: Next Stopgap Should be Last
The Hill reports:
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said Monday he hopes the House's latest temporary spending bill will be the last such measure Congress approves before a long-term budget deal.
The House is expected to consider on Tuesday another stopgap spending measure that would cut $6 billion from current spending levels to fund the government for three more weeks and avert a federal shutdown.
“We hope that this will be the last time that we have to engage in any stopgap measures, we would like to see this resolved,” Cantor told reporters on Monday afternoon.
The House and Senate must act this week to avoid a government shutdown since funding is set to expire at day’s end Friday.
The Senate last week shot down two measures to fund the government through Sept. 30: a House-passed long-term bill to cut a total of $61 billion and a Democratic bill to cut a total of $10 billion.
A number of conservatives, including Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Jim Jordan, have indicated they will oppose a second temporary extension. He called its cuts "bite-sized."
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