House GOP makes first move in stopgap funding fight

House Republicans unveiled a stopgap funding measure Sunday night that would avoid a partial government shutdown next month and provide border security measures sought by conservatives. But passage even in the GOP-controlled House was already in doubt as some hard-liners came out against the measure Sunday night while the ink on it was barely dry.

The draft continuing resolution would extend current funding through Oct. 31, while cutting 8.1 percent from all nondefense accounts except for the Department of Veterans Affairs and disaster relief. That extension would give lawmakers an extra month to try to complete fiscal 2024 appropriations that are otherwise needed by Sept. 30.

However, the bill doesn’t include additional Ukraine aid or disaster relief money sought by the Biden administration. That omission, plus the bill’s nondefense cuts and some of the immigration language, would likely trigger a clash with the Democratic-controlled Senate with only two weeks to go before a partial government shutdown.