Today: Congress Reconvenes With Shutdown Looming

NBC News reports:

After a six-week summer recess, lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday facing a changed political landscape but a vexing, very familiar problem: figuring out how to avert a shutdown. They have just three weeks to do so. Funding for the government runs out at the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, and former President Donald Trump is urging Republicans to force a shutdown unless certain demands are met.

Under pressure from Trump and right-wing members, the Republican-led House released a stopgap bill that would keep money flowing through March 28 and tie it to the SAVE Act, a GOP-led bill to overhaul voting laws nationwide by requiring proof of citizenship to vote. Democrats oppose the latter measure, noting that it’s already illegal for noncitizens to vote, with hefty penalties that make the practice very rare.

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Three weeks until the government shutdown that Trump is pressuring House Republicans for.

I hope @DavidMuir asks him why voters should elect someone to run the government who clearly does not want it to work.https://t.co/QG0WnLk6XC

— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) September 9, 2024