A draft bill being prepared by the House Appropriations Committee on Monday night would put the Defense Department on permanent footing through the end of this fiscal year but require $12 billion in new cuts as the price for keeping domestic agencies and the State Department operating another week.

The GOP proposal would also include a provision “preventing both federal and local funds from being used to provide abortions in the District of Columbia,” according to a statement from the Appropriations Committee.

Whether this blunderbuss will be really fired—or kept as a threat—was unclear. But the turn of events Monday was ominous given the short time left before funding runs out Friday.