Half a Dozen Government Funding Bills Need to Pass While Lawmakers Go On Break | EWTN News Nightly

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House lawmakers won't return until mid-September, and still a half a dozen government funding bills need to pass Congress. The deadline is October 1st. Bottom line, it wasn't supposed to be this way. House Speaker Mike Johnson had promised that members would not go home for the August recess until all of the spending bills were passed. But that hasn't worked out. Just this week, GOP leadership pulled three funding bills from the schedule over internal bickering, leaving some grumbling about the spending mess. Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene says, "We know the reality on September 30th. I wish our leadership would address that reality, that they're probably going to be forcing us to vote on a CR. I won't be continuing Nancy Pelosi's budget." Like last year, these funding bills contain pro-life measures and other provisions that Democrats and some Republicans oppose. Representative Katherine Clark says, "Here we are again. The Republicans have managed to put themselves in a terrible situation where they've made bills that are so extreme." And Representative Hakeem Jeffries says, "Extreme MAGA Republicans are marching us to a government shutdown." And that's not all. The House did pass the bipartisan $923 billion National Defense Authorization Act. Capitol Hill Correspondent, Erik Rosales reports. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf

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