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Rep. Tom Cole: House passed seven-week funding extension as shutdown continues
Summary
Rep. Tom Cole, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said the House passed legislation to extend federal funding for seven weeks and blamed Democrats and the Senate's 60-vote rule for a partial government shutdown.
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said the House has passed legislation to extend federal funding for seven weeks while lawmakers continue negotiations and faulted House Democrats and Senate procedures for the ongoing partial government shutdown.
Cole said the short extension was intended to allow “the normal appropriations process” to proceed and argued the shutdown is already costing services and pay for essential workers. "Quite frankly, the House has done its job. In other words, we've actually passed legislation to give us an additional 7 weeks to continue to work on the normal appropriations process," Cole said.
Why it matters: federal agencies operate on annual appropriations; a lapse can delay pay for uniformed and civilian federal workers and interrupt programs that…
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