The House passed a “continuing resolution” on Tuesday night to keep the government funded through March 11. The Senate will vote on the CR next week—before the February 18 spending deadline.
In the background Congressional leaders are negotiating on an omnibus spending package to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year (September 30, 2022).
One thing to know about “continuing resolutions”—a long term CR isn't great governance, as it merely extends funding at the previous year’s spending level. But in this case, a CR would have the advantage of maintaining Trump-era spending policies, such as the Hyde amendment to prohibit taxpayer dollars from funding abortions.
One thing to know about “omnibuses”—an omnibus is also a bad process, and one where conservatives have historically lost. The proper way to fund the government is through the budgeting and appropriations process which breaks spending into different categories and up to 12 bills receive due consideration.
By wrapping everything together in one “omnibus” and dropping it at legislators' feet right before a spending deadline, bad deals tend to be made.
One thing we can all count on—Democrats will try to use an omnibus spending package to drive their left wing policy agenda and try to insert failed policy proposals from the Green New Deal and “Build Back Broke.”
