{"id":1575,"date":"2018-12-10T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thornrun.com\/week-hill-congress-set-resume-funding-fight\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T21:23:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T21:23:48","slug":"week-hill-congress-set-resume-funding-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thornrun.com\/week-hill-congress-set-resume-funding-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week on the Hill: Congress Set to Resume Funding Fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nFollowing an emotional week of remembrance for the late former President George H.W. Bush, Congress is poised to resume talks on a deal to fund the rest of the government. The contentious debate over President Trump&rsquo;s border wall demands has deadlocked the final stretch of the FY2019 appropriations process, leaving seven funding bills in limbo. Democratic leadership &mdash; who are pushing for a deal that would clear six of the seven outstanding appropriations bills and then pass a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) &mdash; is set to meet with the President on Tuesday to discuss a resolution.\n<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\nAdditionally, lawmakers are anticipating the release of final legislative text for the Farm Bill. The bill &mdash; which funds crop&nbsp;insurance, farm subsidies, and nutritional assistance&nbsp;&mdash; reportedly does not include the GOP-sponsored Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) work requirement language, dealing a blow to conservatives who had pushed the measures that passed the lower chamber. Reports suggest that the finalized text could be released as soon as today, with a vote on the bill in both chambers later this week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOn the floor, both chambers of Congress will resume legislative business today. In the House,&nbsp;lawmakers are set to take up 11 <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=00128GTd1nZv1j0DvTug0cyStFM6B3edHGJPeUcR7dsbM2S_zmmTfTUgwSDuWCdfsLkXXx6iGxcI4jaXDNbh2GiOwxsQ55nTj4HJpKS4OzT0C3nb1qRxjbC9eGZvXiBKauXJ3ESJq-n-Aky4Wp5N4ExX2h0B4DoVTtXPwAfSAGRHHjKqcIG3cHvMmX12lOVaf0pqXIAclBHILxQHaVwG9Wr9Y9ptEgRXk8XID1Gk8iFOPz2FCw6lud0FA==&amp;c=7SMsDdTTNpjcG3VhdPn36DzOGbIquNFSrm4JKKof_NoVCMmULreBcA==&amp;ch=MWkTpSfieJrb-j8w6YbkDBMgerYN0_UQ3Ja8OagE99ZsZtWSZcLE7Q==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">bills<\/a> under suspension of the rules. When the Senate reconvenes this afternoon, the upper chamber will resume consideration of Justin Muzinich to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following an emotional week of remembrance for the late former President George H.W. Bush, Congress is poised to resume talks on a deal to fund the rest of the government. 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