House Passes Week-Long Spending Bill

The House approved a Senate-passed spending measure Thursday to prevent a government shutdown. 

The bill, which only funds the government through next Thursday, was passed via unanimous consent, a procedure that does not require members to be present. 

The House is scheduled to return to Washington next week when members will take up a second Senate-passed spending measure that will fund the government through mid-November. 

The threat of a shutdown stemmed from controversy over how much funding the Federal Emergency Management Agency would receive. However, after FEMA announced it did not need the billions in funding Democrats were calling for, Republicans dropped the provision that included DOE spending cuts. 

Click Here to read more… 

Republican Leaders Reaffirm Tax Promise

After not meeting a bipartisan agreement about the lingering deficit problem, House Speaker John Boehner(R-OH) along with fellow Republican leaders reaffirmed their belief that tax increases will not benefit the American people.

Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers insisted that the Republican party has been helpful in the negotiations.

“Every step of the way the House Republicans, this new majority, has been a part of the solution”, McMorris-Rodgers said, adding that the President and Democratic party need to be more open to solutions they have been placed on the table to reduce the debt.