Playbook this morning: BIDEN’S MARCH MADNESS
WE ARE NOW 8 DAYS AWAY from government funding running out, and there’s a healthy heap of skepticism in the House & Senate that Congress will be able to put together a full year of spending bills in time for the Dec. 11 funding date.
WE ARE NOW 8 DAYS AWAY from government funding running out, and there’s a healthy heap of skepticism in the House & Senate that Congress will be able to put together a full year of spending bills in time for the Dec. 11 funding date.
SO WHAT’S THAT MEAN FOR D.C.? A short-term spending bill becomes really likely. One thing being talked about is extending government funding until March. AND WHAT’S THAT DO? ….
It puts a big fat government funding fight in the first quarter of next year, just as President-elect JOE BIDEN will be getting his presidency started.
LET’S CALL IT BIDEN’S MARCH MADNESS. A government funding deadline in March would set up a deadline for Covid relief, as well.
Congress could do a bit of relief this month -- extend the Paycheck Protection Program and allocate vaccine money, as an example. But then March would serve as a hard deadline for both another round of Covid relief and government funding.
It could prove an early test of this administration’s skills on the Hill, and would be revealing of the power dynamics in this new configuration of D.C.
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