An ‘Astounding’ Decline in US Child Poverty – By Yuval Rosenberg and Michael Rainey (The Fiscal Times) / Sept 12, 2022
Happy Monday!
The House will reconvene on Tuesday after an extended recess — and lawmakers are set to spend all of October campaigning for re-election, leaving precious little time to pass legislation, including a continuing resolution to extend federal funding and avoid a government shutdown after September 30. The stopgap funding bill is expected to keep agencies functioning until mid-December — either the 9th or the 16th of the month — when funding would again have to be provided.
But Democrats are still divided over a measure to reform the energy permitting process, which Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said he intends to include with the continuing resolution, honoring a deal he struck with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) to pass the Inflation Reduction Act last month. That split threatens to complicate the process of keeping the government’s lights on.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) told Bloomberg Television that the Senate is planning to vote first on the spending bill. He added that Democratic leaders will have to “convince our members” to approve the stopgap if the permitting bill is included.
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