随着关门期限的临近，众议院共和党人计划在周五上午就一项为政府提供资金的短期措施进行投票，希望对民主党人保持压力，民主党人已经表示，如果共和党人不屈服于民主党的要求，恢复对医疗补助的削减，并延长将于今年年底到期的奥巴马医改补贴，他们将投票关闭政府。
众议院多数党领袖史蒂夫·斯卡利斯(Steve Scalise)周四下午宣布，众议院将于周五上午10点20分就该措施进行投票。
众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊周四表示谨慎乐观，认为共和党人将在周五通过他们的52天持续决议，比9月30日为政府提供资金的最后期限提前一周。
“我认为我们拥有选票，我认为非常不幸的是，当我们真诚地试图为政府提供资金时，民主党人试图玩党派游戏，”约翰逊周四抵达国会大厦时对记者说。“所以，这是一个干净、短期的CR。这一点都不复杂。允许两党的拨款者继续他们的工作是一种真诚的努力。我不知道他们怎么会反对。真的没有。”
凭借对民主党人219-213的微弱优势，约翰逊可以在通过投票中失去两名共和党叛逃者。一些强硬的共和党人已经表示，他们打算投票反对它-尽管议长一再克服最后一刻的抵制-即使唐纳德·特朗普总统需要施加压力才能使最后的投票屈服。
川普在周四下午敦促众议院共和党人支持“清洁”拨款法案。
"每个众议院共和党人应该团结起来，投赞成票!"特朗普在他的社交媒体平台上发帖。他还重申，参议院少数党领袖查克·舒默和民主党议员希望政府关闭。
该拨款计划提议在七周多的时间里增加3000万美元的议员安保费用，这将使每位国会议员每周有大约7500美元用于安保，比他们自己的国会工资高出一倍多。该计划还包括5800万美元，以满足特朗普政府对行政和司法部门补充资金的要求。
这笔资金取代了立法者在今年夏天明尼苏达州针对州议员的枪击事件后用于成员安全的试点资金计划。
少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯(Hakeem Jeffries)表示反对这项拨款法案，民主党人可能会效仿他，投反对票。
“我们不会支持共和党人试图强加给美国人民的党派支出法案，该法案继续破坏医疗保健。杰弗里斯本周对记者说:“没有人会效仿共和党人剥夺美国人民医疗保健的做法，合理地建议负责任的立法者除了积极推进保护美国人民医疗保健之外，应该做任何事情。”。
参议院和众议院民主党人公布了一项反拨款提案，该提案仅将政府拨款延长至10月31日，并包括医疗保健相关提案，如撤销特朗普今年早些时候通过的megabill中的医疗补助削减。对于控制两院多数席位的共和党人来说，这个计划是行不通的。
然而，共和党的计划在参议院提出了一个真正的挑战——如果它在众议院获得通过——需要至少7张民主党票才能达到60票才能通过。
参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩敦促参议院民主党人支持短期措施，认为该法案是对资金的彻底扩展。
“这里没有任何关于特朗普总统的内容，”图恩本周在参议院表示。“这是一个干净的拨款决议，两党拨款决议，短期内，让拨款委员会开展工作。”
House Speaker Johnson optimistic about vote to avert shutdown, but Democrats aren't
House Republicans plan to vote Friday morning on a short-term measure to fund the government as a shutdown deadline nears, hoping to keep pressure on Democrats who have signaled they will vote to shut down the government if Republicans don't cave to Democratic demands to restore cuts to Medicaid and extend Obamacare subsidies set to expire at the end of the year.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise announced Thursday afternoon that the House would vote on the measure at 10:20 a.m. Friday.
House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed cautious optimism Thursday that Republicans will pass their 52-day continuing resolution on Friday -- a week ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government.
"I think we have the votes and I think it's just very unfortunate the Democrats are trying to play partisan games when we're in good faith trying to fund the government," Johnson told reporters as he arrived at the Capitol on Thursday. "So, this is a clean, short-term CR. There's no tricks to this at all. It's a total good faith effort to allow appropriators on both sides of the aisle to continue their work. I don't know how they can object to it. I really don't."
With a narrow 219-213 edge over Democrats, Johnson can afford to lose just two Republican defectors in a vote on passage. Several hardline Republicans have signaled they intend to vote against it -- though the speaker has repeatedly overcome last-minute holdouts -- even if President Donald Trump's arm-twisting is required to bring the final votes to heel.
For his part, Trump urged House Republicans to support the "clean" funding bill Thursday afternoon.
"Every House Republican should UNIFY, and VOTE YES!" Trump posted to his social media platform. He also repeated his claim that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Democratic lawmakers want a government shutdown.
The funding plan proposes $30 million in additional member security over a more than seven-week stretch -- giving each member of Congress around $7,500 each week to spend on security -- more than double their own congressional salary. The package also includes $58 million to meet the Trump administration's request for supplemental funding for the executive and judicial branches.
That funding supplants a pilot funding program that lawmakers had utilized for member security in the wake of the shooting targeting state lawmakers in Minnesota over the summer.
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has expressed opposition to the funding bill and Democrats are likely to follow his lead and vote against it.
"We will not support a partisan spending bill that Republicans are trying to jam down the throats of the American people that continues to gut health care. No one who is following what Republicans have done to rip away health care of the American people can reasonably suggest that responsible legislators should do anything other than push back aggressively to protect the health care of the American people," Jeffries told reporters this week.
Senate and House Democrats unveiled a counter funding proposal that would only extend government funding until Oct. 31 and include health care-related proposals like rolling back Medicaid cuts in Trump's megabill that passed earlier this year. This plan is a non-starter with Republicans who control majorities in both chambers.
The GOP plan, however, presents a real challenge in the Senate -- if it passes the House -- requiring at least seven Democratic votes to reach 60 votes for passage.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has urged Senate Democrats to support the short-term measure, arguing the bill is a clean extension of funding.
"There's nothing in here about President Trump," Thune said on the Senate floor this week. "This is a clean funding resolution, bipartisan funding resolution, short-term, to allow the Appropriations Committee to do its work."
