Overview

• The White House asked Congress to extend government funding through Jan. 31, according to guidance shared with appropriators this week.
• House and Senate appropriations leaders are pushing a shorter continuing resolution into November and are weighing whether to attach three Senate-passed bills to ease passage.
• Republican appropriators such as Sens. Jerry Moran and Mike Rounds oppose a long extension, warning it would reduce the chance of completing full-year spending bills.
• A right-wing bloc in the House, including Appropriations member Andy Harris, advocates a longer or even yearlong funding freeze after only a brief test of a short CR.
• House defense spending chief Ken Calvert says long-term stopgaps are damaging to Pentagon operations and backs a relatively clean, short extension as the Sept. 30 deadline approaches with limited legislative days left.