The House Freedom Caucus is ramping up pressure on GOP leaders to back a short-term funding bill into early 2025 — seeking to delay major spending decisions into a potential Trump administration.
The ultra-conservative group’s official position, which requires the support of 80 percent of its roughly three-dozen members, is a preview of the spending fight Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces in September. Congress must clear a funding bill by Oct. 1 to avoid a government shutdown.
Lawmakers are expected to pass a stopgap that keeps spending levels steady, known as a continuing resolution, but it’s unclear if they’ll punt the fight to later this year or next. And there are conflicting strategies within the House GOP.
“In the inevitability that Congress considers a Continuing Resolution, government funding should be extended into early 2025 to avoid a lame duck omnibus that preserves Democrat spending and policies well into the next administration,” the House Freedom Caucus said in a statement, a copy of which was obtained by POLITICO.
