Overview
- House members returned to Washington on Monday with a top task of approving a Senate‑passed continuing resolution that would fund the government past the Sept. 30 deadline to early December.
- Leadership plans to bring the Senate text up under a suspension of the rules, a fast‑track process that bars amendments and needs a two‑thirds majority to pass.
- The Senate bill carries disputed riders that pause an OMB grants rule, restrict certain transfers to Border Patrol, and delay a federal ban on intoxicating hemp‑derived THC products for one month.
- Lawmakers also face an imminent House floor censure vote for Rep. Chuck Edwards and GOP messaging measures denouncing socialism, even as many Republicans press to return home to campaign.
- If passed, the stopgap would keep agencies, food assistance programs, disaster relief, and surface transportation funded through December and compress larger bargaining into the post‑election period.