Schumer: "Doing it in early December makes a good deal of sense."
Says he also wants to get a supplemental done "as quickly as possible," hopes to pass some of the Senate's spending bills on the floor.
NEW — Schumer sounding supportive of a CR through early December.
Says he spoke to McCarthy before recess about the need for a stopgap next month.
"I thought it was a good thing that he recognized that we need a CR," Schumer says. "I'm supportive of that."
Schumer says he's in touch with Sens. Schatz and Hirono on the Maui wildfires and he's "fully supportive" of Biden's FEMA disaster relief request.
Says he'll do "everything I can to get it passed in the Senate.”
Murray and Collins supp
NEW: Biden is asking Congress for about $40B in emergency funding.
That includes:
— More than $24B in Ukraine aid
— $12B in FEMA disaster relief
— $4B to address issues at the southern border
NEW: Biden set to ask Congress for at least $20B in new aid for Ukraine and other international needs this afternoon: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2023/08/biden-admin-seeking-20b-in-emergency-funds-for-ukraine-and-disaster-relief-00110691?source=email
New: There’s rising angst among Republicans that the hard-right flank actually wants a government shutdown this fall.
“I worry about” a shutdown, said Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.). “I would like to think that we would have a moment of sobriety before we do something like that.”
Focus will be on the country's long-term fiscal trajectory, educating members of Congress about the federal budget and spending bills and advising GOP presidential campaigns.
Exclusive in Huddle: Trump budget alum Paul Winfree is launching his own think tank, called the Economic Policy Innovation Center, or EPIC.
Some news: CBO Director Phillip Swagel (aka Swaggy P) has been reappointed to a second four-year term.
After the MilCon vote, Dems and Rs are shouting at each other on the floor over spending bills, with Rs accusing Ds of abandoning veterans and Dems accusing Rs of passing “racist” bills
The House has PASSED its military construction funding bill, 219-211.
And it’s official — no votes tomorrow.
New: House Republicans plan to give up on passing Ag-FDA before recess and leave town today.
The latest w/ @meredithllee, @JAscholtes, @sarahnferris
After today's markup, Senate appropriators will have approved all 12 bills out of committee for the first time in five years.
Also new from Tester — says he expects a Ukraine supplemental funding request from the White House "sometime in the next month"
Senate appropriators approve Homeland measure after working through an immigration-related snag. Hagerty had wanted to move $$ from shelter and services to ICE.
This issue, which is immigration-related, appears to have been worked out. Senate appropriators now plan to approve the Homeland measure today.
Murray says there is an *outstanding issue* with the Homeland bill and for the moment, they're not moving forward with that measure until its resolved. Could still be approved today.
She said it involves "poison pill" language that she'll have to oppose.
Senate appropriators are about to mark up the last of their fiscal 2024 bills starting at 10:30: Defense, Labor-H, Interior-Environment and Homeland.
House Rules is still in recess. Seems all but certain that Ag-FDA will not come up for a vote before the August break.
The House is set to vote on passage of the MilCon-VA bill around 1:30 today.
House Rules isn’t reconvening tonight, per GOP aide.
That means no vote today on the rule that would tee up the troubled Ag-FDA bill for floor action.
Comes amid broader turmoil over spending bills in the GOP conference, as we explained here:
New: Freedom Caucus members say they're closing in on a deal to hack back fiscal 2024 funding bills. GOP appropriators — who already struggled to write those bills — are bristling.
The latest w/ @JAscholtes, @jordainc and @sarahnferris:
The rule setting up debate for the MilCon-VA bill passes, despite Freedom Caucus confusion over whether they’ve reached a deal on more austere fiscal 2024 toplines.
HFC Chair Perry isn’t confirming deal, says he wasn’t in the room for it.
NEWS: Freedom Caucus member Ralph Norman says they’ve reached a deal with leadership to amend fiscal 2024 toplines to total $1.47T without rescissions.
Says how to amend the totals will be worked out in days to come.
Norman says he’s a YES on the rule to tee up MilCon debate.
House about to vote on the rule that would tee up MilCon-VA for floor debate.
There's been some drama about whether enough conservatives will support this. HFC still in active discussions with leadership about additional spending cuts and policy demands across the bills.
My YouTube consumption, summarized
"If I had to bet, I’d say no," House Freedom Caucus member Ralph Norman says when asked if MilCon-VA and Ag-FDA will make it to the floor this week.
MilCon has a better shot than Ag-FDA, he said, since it lacks the rescissions opposed by some conservatives.
