President Joe Biden is officially threatening to veto House Republicans’ six-month stopgap spending bill, with a statement of administration policy arguing that the lengthy continuing resolution will prove detrimental to the military, lacks adequate disaster aid and will result in “severe disruptions” to federal services.
The bill’s end date of March 28 also takes Congress “dangerously close” to an April 30 deadline when across-the-board funding cuts would take effect, the White House notes. That provision was baked into last year’s debt limit deal, aimed at encouraging Congress to fund the government in full and on time.
The House Rules Committee is set to take up House Speaker Mike Johnson’s stopgap on Monday afternoon, preparing the bill for a likely Wednesday vote. It includes a bill that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote.
Earlier Monday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries panned the House Republicans’ package in a letter to colleagues, calling it “unserious and unacceptable.”
