*** With federal government funding set to expire on Friday, House Democrats are expected to pass a short-term continuing resolution to extend into late January, according to multiple Capitol Hill press reports. Some Republicans have sought a continuing resolution lasting until March or even a full-year stopgap funding measure. The current bill funding the federal government was passed ahead of the close of fiscal year 2021.
*** Senate Republicans blocked a procedural vote to advance the fiscal year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. GOP lawmakers want to hold more floor votes on Republican-backed amendments to the must-past defense policy bill.
“In any other time in history, what we offered Republicans would be considered a very fair and generous compromise,” Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor on Monday. “But just because a few Republicans didn’t get every single concession they insisted on, they are now halting the process.”