![]() ![]() ![]() And if it does manage to pass the whole package-which remains a possibility, as several Senate Republicans have said they are withholding judgment until they see the text of the bill-the House could opt to remove the Manchin bill and send the spending measure back to the Senate without it. If the Senate fails to pass the CR with permitting reforms attached, it could take up a separate, “clean” version of the bill that strips those provisions. Anyone who votes against it is voting to shut the government down.” “I’m not shutting the government down,” he said. Manchin said that he would bear no responsibility if the measure fails and the government shuts down. This mission right now is to make sure that the government doesn’t shut down.” He suggested successful CR votes are “usually brought about by trying to have the cleanest possible continuing resolution while still meeting the needs of the American people when emergencies arise. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said negotiations were ongoing between both parties and chambers to avert a shutdown and that all parties were waiting to see the permitting reform text. “And if they’re willing to say, ‘We’re going to close down the government’ because of a personal attack on me, or basically not looking at the good of the country, this is what makes people sick about politics.” ![]() “We’re going to vote and it's going to be in the CR,” Manchin said on Tuesday. 16, though no final decision has been made. Lawmakers are eyeing a CR that lasts through Dec. Still, Manchin insisted the Senate would not separate the provisions. The more conservative members have said they support the overall intent of permitting reform but prefer their own party’s more aggressive plan, while the more liberal lawmakers have said the changes would undermine important environmental protections. Its inclusion could cause complications for avoiding a shutdown, as many Republicans and some progressive Democrats have said they will not vote for the CR as part of that larger package. Manchin affirmed the permitting reform would be included with the continuing resolution, as Schumer has stuck to his previous agreement to attach the legislation to the spending bill. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., who is working with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a path to include his measure to reform the permitting process necessary to approve major energy projects, said his office would unveil legislative text on Wednesday and the Senate would vote a week later. The Senate-which is expected to act first on a short-term stopgap spending bill to fund federal agencies at their current levels for around 10 weeks-will not take up the shutdown-averting bill until just days before current appropriations expire, according to a key negotiator. 30, with lawmakers giving themselves little time to avoid a shutdown ahead of the looming deadline. Her name? Monica Lewinsky.Congress is teeing up a tight series of votes to fund the government past Sept. One of those interns brought the president pizza and the two got chatting. During the 1995 shutdown, unpaid interns had taken on tasks normally performed by staff who'd had to be sent home. But the seeds of future trouble had been sown. The New York Post branded him a cry baby and Gingrich's decline had begun.Ĭlinton emerged a winner. That damaged Gingrich, especially when he let slip that he had forced a shutdown partly because he was affronted that Clinton had seated him at the back of Air Force One on a long return flight to Israel for the funeral of Yitzhak Rabin. By the time the shutdowns were over, the Republican revolution was stalled – and "government" was seen in a gentler light. Emblematic were the military veterans who were now unable to get their benefit cheques. Suddenly the US public realised how much they needed their supposedly hated government and its despised bureaucrats. A humbled Clinton was forced to declare: "The era of big government is over."īut when the Republicans cut off funding and shut down the federal machine things changed. ![]() The new House Speaker, Newt Gingrich, interpreted his win as a demand from voters to roll back the state. In 1995, it was riding high: landslide victories in the 1994 congressional elections had given it control of the House and Senate. The first impact was on the Republican party. They damaged the reputation of one American leader – and set in train a series of events that might have ended up costing Bill Clinton the presidency. The shutdowns lasted no more than 28 days, but they had a lasting and, in one case dramatically unforeseen, impact on US politics. ![]()
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