Potential Government Shutdown Draws Near

Congressional leaders are running out of time to forge a bipartisan deal before the federal government shuts down Friday, with farm and disaster assistance posing the biggest holdups to an agreement.

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With only five days left before the deadline, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will likely need support from House Democrats to get the bill to the Senate, but the parties are having difficulty compromising on the CR.

Republicans are demanding extra farm funding be tacked on to the one-year extension on the Farm Bill. House Committee on Agriculture Chairman G.T. Thompson, R-Pa., and Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Ranking Member John Boozman, R-Ariz., announced Saturday that they will not support a CR without farmer aid.


“The failure to include economic assistance will have devastating and lasting consequences on our farm families, the rural communities in which they live and American agriculture,” the lawmakers said in a statement. “For that reason, we intend to oppose any supplemental spending package that does not provide meaningful assistance to our farmers.”

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