Schumer Initiates Senate Plan To Avoid Government Shutdown

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has confirmed to reporters that he has begun the procedural steps on a Continuing Resolution to temporarily extend government funding and avert a government shutdown on November 18.

• Schumer's comments, per Chad Pegram at Fox News: "In a little over a week, the federal government will shut down if Congress does not come together to pass a bipartisan extension of funding."
• Schumer: "Today, I'm taking the first procedural step to the Senate to move forward on a legislative vehicle we can use next week to pass a temporary extension..."
• Schumer: "Democrats will continue talking to Republicans about finding a path forward on avoiding a shutdown that both sides support..."
• Schumer: "I implore Speaker Johnson and our House Republican colleagues to learn from the fiasco of a month ago. Hard right proposals, hard right, slashing cuts, hard right, poison pills that have zero support from Democrats will only make a shutdown more likely... I hope they don't go down that path in the week to come."
• Meanwhile, the House is still struggling to alight on a funding strategy which can appease both conservative and moderate Republican reps and House Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-LA) plan to rush through FY24 bills has hit the skids. GOP leadership today abandoned a vote on the financial services approps bill due to a lack of votes - the second FY24 bill to fail this week.
• More analysis in today's US Daily Brief.