Another whopping Spending bill in the works!

Hoyer Doesn’t Expect ‘Confrontation’ With GOP Over Spending Bill for New Fiscal Year
Thursday, September 08, 2011
By Edwin Mora

Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) on Capitol Hill. (AP File Photo)

Washington (CNSNews.com) – House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) says he expects Congress to pass a short-term appropriations bill, also known as a continuing resolution (CR), to keep the government running beyond Sept. 30.

“The Republicans don’t want, the administration doesn’t want, and we don’t want at this stage to further undermine confidence in America by having another go-round of possible shut down of government,” Hoyer said at his weekly briefing with reporters today.

Hoyer was responding to a question about whether a continuing resolution would pass by September 30 – the end of the government’s fiscal year — “without any incident.”

Cantor: Congress Plans Another Short-Term Bill to Fund Entire Gov’t After Sept. 30

Wednesday, September 07, 2011
By Matt Cover

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) (AP Photo)

(CNSNews.com) – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said that Congress was working on a continuing resolution, or CR, which would fund the government through the next few months, admitting that Congress will not be able to pass its annual funding bills before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.

“There are discussions ongoing and the anticipation is that we will take up a CR [continuing resolution] the week of the 19th,” Cantor said at his weekly press briefing on Wednesday.