GOP Unveils Bill to Avert Shutdown, Daring Democrats to Halt
Representative Tom Emmer, from left, US House Speaker Mike Johnson, Representative Steve Scalise, and Representative Tony Wied, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington on Sept. 16.
Photographer: Al Drago/BloombergHouse Republicans unveiled a stopgap spending bill to keep the US government open past an Oct. 1 shutdown deadline, daring Democrats to vote against the measure, which does not contain health-care policies they have demanded.
The short-term legislation would keep agencies operating through Nov. 21 and provide new funding for lawmaker, judicial and administration official security in the wake of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week.