House Speaker Johnson and Majority Leader Schumer are both taking credit for a new bill that partially funds the government for the rest of 2024.
The bill makes modest cuts to the EPA, FBI and other programs.
Here’s more from Fox News:
Lawmakers are finally rolling out a bill to fund part of the federal government for fiscal year 2024 on Sunday, bringing Congress closer to averting a partial government shutdown come March 8.
If passed it will take Congress another step toward putting to bed a battle that’s led to historic levels of dysfunction, particularly within the House of Representatives.
The 1,050-page legislation is a package of six bills dealing with departments and agencies whose funding expires on Friday – dealing with agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA); the Departments of Justice and Commerce; Energy and Water Development; the Department of the Interior; and Transportation and housing.
Both Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., were quick to claim victory after the deal was announced.
Johnson’s office touted modest cuts to key agencies that have been criticized by conservatives, including a 10% cut to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a 6% cut to the FBI, and a 7% cut to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF).
Schumer, meanwhile, said in a statement that the bill “fully funds” a federal food program aimed at women, infants and children (WIC) and includes infrastructure investments.
In other words no real change is coming. But we knew that when Johnson took a shutdown off the table.