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LTC Eugene Chu
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From article: “Under the two-step strategy — which Johnson and others have dubbed a “laddered CR” but which others have likened to a step stool — several spending bills needed to keep the government open would be extended until Jan. 19, while the remaining bills would go on a CR until Feb. 2.”

GOP now wants funding broken into multiple pieces instead of a complete bill for vote with less than one week before deadline…
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LTC Trent Klug
LTC Trent Klug
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LTC (Join to see) We will soon have trillion dollar interest payments on our debt. Yay, Congress and presidents past, present, and future.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Hope everyone is ready for a shutdown because the House doesn't have a clue.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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SPC Carl Davis
"WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Saturday unveiled their stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown set to begin next weekend. But with just five legislative days left until the deadline, Congress has little room for error.

Just two and a half weeks into the job, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., opted to go with a two-step continuing resolution, or CR, over a more typical funding extension covering the entire federal government. The untested funding approach is aimed at appeasing far-right agitators in his GOP conference who despise CRs."...
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