House Republican leaders are considering canceling votes next week as they face an uphill battle on the remaining fiscal 2025 appropriations bills, sources familiar with the discussions say.
No final decision has been made, and several sources said it remains possible that leadership tries to pass more spending bills or other measures next week. But with no breakthrough on controversial appropriations measures in sight, leadership may be making the dreams of some lawmakers and aides come true with an extra week of August recess.
The House is set to take up two spending bills this week: Energy-Water and Interior-Environment. The Rules Committee is meeting Monday afternoon to consider which amendments members will be allowed to offer. If the House can pass those two, it will have passed half of the dozen annual appropriations bills, worth nearly 75 percent of next year’s total $1.6 trillion funding allotment.
