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{"id":6831,"date":"2025-03-04T00:19:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/top-gop-appropriators-waffle-on-full-year-funding-patch-trump-endorsed\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T00:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T00:19:03","slug":"top-gop-appropriators-waffle-on-full-year-funding-patch-trump-endorsed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/top-gop-appropriators-waffle-on-full-year-funding-patch-trump-endorsed\/","title":{"rendered":"Top GOP appropriators waffle on \u2018full-year\u2019 funding patch Trump endorsed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Top Republican appropriators both said Monday they are pursuing a \u201ctwo-track strategy\u201d for avoiding a shutdown in less than two weeks \u2014 a sign that the lead negotiators in government funding talks aren\u2019t ready to give up on getting a yearlong deal even as President Donald Trump has called for a stopgap measure.<\/p>\n<p>The announcements from Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51327\" target=\"_blank\" data-person-id=\"51327\">Tom Cole<\/a> and Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51168\" target=\"_blank\" data-person-id=\"51168\">Susan Collins<\/a> \u2014 the chairs of the House and Senate Appropriations Committee, respectively \u2014 come as GOP leaders have already said they plan to move a short-term funding bill in the coming days after rejecting Democrats\u2019 demands for new language to stop Trump and Elon Musk from withholding congressionally approved spending.<\/p>\n<p>Cole, an Oklahoma Republican, insisted in a statement Monday that he is still \u201cat the negotiating table\u201d to reach a cross-party compromise, describing his pursuit of a \u201ctwo-track strategy\u201d as one that would involve drafting a stopgap spending measure to avoid a shutdown on March 14 alongside continued talks to reach a full-year funding deal.<\/p>\n<p>Collins, a Republican from Maine, told reporters she and her counterparts were preparing a \u201cyearlong\u201d continuing resolution, or CR, \u201cbut we\u2019re also working on a short-term CR that would allow us time to negotiate the appropriations bills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Republican leaders say they will unveil, as soon as this weekend, the text of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/03\/03\/congress\/spending-bill-text-weekend-cr-00208991\" target=\"_blank\">a lengthy stopgap<\/a> to run through the end of September. The plan has incensed Democrats, whose votes will be needed in both chambers to get any funding bill to Trump\u2019s desk before government funding runs out in the coming days. <\/p>\n<p>The Senate\u2019s top Democratic appropriator, Washington Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51219\" data-person-id=\"51219\">Patty Murray<\/a>, said in a brief interview Monday afternoon that she was \u201cabsolutely\u201d shocked that Republican leaders were preparing a such a funding patch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would be a no vote,\u201d Murray said about the stopgap House Republicans are aiming to release by Saturday or Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>The White House\u2019s request for special exceptions in the funding patch \u201cis completely inadequate,\u201d Murray said. A 10-page document, called an \u201canomalies\u201d list, details extra funding the Trump administration is seeking for programs like the WIC nutrition assistance program for pregnant women and babies, immigration enforcement efforts and military pay increases.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/201768\" data-person-id=\"201768\">Brian Schatz<\/a> (D-Hawaii), a senior appropriator, agreed that lawmakers are \u201cvery close\u201d on a deal for setting overall funding totals for military and non-defense programs, and thinks a bill can be put together \u201crelatively quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see any reason to just give up the process,\u201d Schatz said Monday. \u201cThere are appropriators on both sides of the aisle that want a short-term CR to give us a chance to exercise our authority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cole, in his statement, said it was not a lack of progress on getting an accord on \u201ctopline\u201d totals but rather Democrats\u2019 continued instance that any funding package include language to reign in Trump and Musk\u2019s Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are at a point in the process where a topline number is not the roadblock,\u201d Cole said. \u201cDemocrat leadership remains laser-focused on restricting presidential authority. It\u2019s a non-starter and battle they lost to the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, meanwhile, continue to blame Republicans for the fact that negotiations are at risk of a major impasse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had no conversations with Republican leadership, and have had no outreach from the Trump administration,\u201d said House Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/196306\" target=\"_blank\" data-person-id=\"196306\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-N.Y.) on Monday evening. \u201cIf they decide to go it alone because they have the House, the Senate and the presidency, then they\u2019re probably driving us towards a government shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries added that he hasn\u2019t yet heard from Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/242539\" target=\"_blank\" data-person-id=\"242539\">Mike Johnson<\/a> to discuss a path forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublicans have walked away from the negotiating table, which is really unbelievable,\u201d House Appropriations ranking member <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51351\" target=\"_blank\" data-person-id=\"51351\">Rosa DeLauro<\/a> (D-Conn.) told a small group of reporters.<\/p>\n<p>She also called a yearlong CR \u201cvery detrimental.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Katherine Tully-McManus and Jordain Carney contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Republican appropriators both said Monday they are pursuing a \u201ctwo-track strategy\u201d for avoiding a shutdown in less than two weeks \u2014 a sign that the lead negotiators in government funding talks aren\u2019t ready to give up on getting a yearlong deal even as President Donald Trump has called for a stopgap measure. 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