House GOP leaders unveil stopgap funding bill ahead of expected vote next week

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House Republican leaders are preparing to bring a stopgap measure that would keep federal agencies funded through Dec. 4 to the floor next week, kicking off a high-stakes effort to avert a potential government shutdown before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.

Republicans unveiled the text of the short-term measure, also known as a continuing resolution, on Friday. The bill would temporarily extend current funding levels while lawmakers continue negotiating fiscal 2027 appropriations bills.

The stopgap measure could face resistance from some conservatives who have long opposed temporary funding patches, however.

The lower chamber has passed three out of 12 appropriations bills for fiscal year 2027 so far. Just this week, the House passed a bill funding national security, the State Department and other relevant programs. As part of an effort to appease hard-line conservatives, GOP leaders merged the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act with the funding bill before sending it to the Senate, in a legislative procedure known as MIRVing.

The SAVE America Act would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections and the presentation of an ID to cast a ballot. The Senate is expected to strip the SAVE America Act out of the funding bill, though.

The House has also previously passed a military construction and Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations bill and an agriculture, rural development, the Food and Drug Administration and related agencies bill.

Senate appropriators, however, have yet to break through an impasse over government funding. The upper chamber has not moved an appropriations bill on the floor so far.

The push to advance a stopgap spending bill comes as both chambers prepare to leave for a monthlong August recess, leaving lawmakers with just a handful of legislative weeks after they return until the Sept. 30 deadline.

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