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House GOP looks for reset on government funding
House Republicans are looking for a reset on government funding following the chaotic — and prolonged — spending process over the last year, adding to the pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who already faces an uphill climb to achieve many of the conference’s goals.The push for a clean slate on 2025 spending comes shortly after the House wrapped up fiscal year 2024 appropriations, which required four funding stopgaps, brought Washington to the brink of several shutdown cliffs and led to the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
But as Republicans look to cut spending and avoid a year-end omnibus, hurdles are emerging: Deep divisions throughout the conference, an ever-narrowing majority and the pressures of an election year.
“It’s gonna be extraordinarily difficult,” newly minted House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (Okla.) told reporters on Monday when pressed on the challenges in hashing out annual funding bills for fiscal 2025, adding that “every day we’re closer to the election, the more reluctant Congress is to doing that.”
In some ways, the looming battle over government funding for fiscal 2025 mirrors the previous year’s debate: Leadership looking to move bills through regular order and hard-liners pushing for deep spending cuts, all while grappling with the challenges of an ultra-thin majority.
But this year, the election is poised to put increased pressure on the appropriations process. Some lawmakers will look to score political points in the Capitol that could translate to winning voters on the campaign trail, while others hold back on any action to see who the next White House occupant will be.
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