Senate Republicans have identified a potential breakthrough to resolve a hold on the chamber’s three-bill appropriations package this week, with Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., requesting a vote on a bill designed to prevent government shutdowns.
Johnson said Tuesday that he would lift his objection to bundling multiple bills together in exchange for a vote on legislation proposed by Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., that would automatically provide continuing appropriations if spending bills for the new fiscal year have not yet been enacted by Oct. 1.
The bill, which would automatically enact a 14-day stopgap spending measure every two weeks until appropriations are enacted, would be an amendment to the Senate’s package combining its Agriculture, Military Construction-VA and Transportation-HUD bills.
