House GOP leaders said they plan to release a stopgap funding bill after a Republican conference meeting Tuesday, setting up a Friday vote on the short-term punt.
Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Tuesday morning that text of the continuing resolution through Nov. 20 would be released “hopefully” after the 9 a.m. GOP meeting. Speaker Mike Johnson said in a brief subsequent interview that he expects to release text later in the day.
A House vote Friday “is the plan,” Johnson said.
Responding to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, GOP leaders are planning to add funding for an updated member security pilot program in the stopgap, according to three Republicans who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the private deliberations. Those arrangements are expected to be discussed in the morning meeting of House Republicans.
