If the House passes the bill, the Senate will next need to approve the measure.
Government funding is currently set to expire at the end of the week on Friday, November 17.
In the first major test of his leadership, newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson is pursuing an unusual two-step plan that would set up two new shutdown deadlines in January and February.
The conservative House Freedom Caucus, a group of roughly 30 hardliners, has taken an official position against Johnson’s two-part government funding plan.
A number of conservatives oppose the stopgap bill because it would not implement the deep spending cuts they have demanded.
Persons:
Mike Johnson, Johnson, CNN’s Kristin Wilson, Annie Grayer, Lauren Fox
Organizations:
Energy Department, Caucus, Republican, GOP, Freedom Caucus, Johnson’s
Locations:
Israel, Ukraine