Last week, the U.S House of Representatives was not able to pass a six-month continuing resolution, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
In an interview with Arkies in the Beltway, a podcast by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, U.S Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, said the House failing to pass the legislation will now give the Senate more control over the next continuing resolution.
“If we [House of Representatives] don’t act pretty quickly on it, we will defer likely to the Senate. Then we’ll be stuck with what the Senate does. I could envision a moment where they pass something short term, very clean and leave town,” Womack said.
The Senate is controlled by Democrats and the House is controlled by Republicans.
Congress must approve a spending plan by Sept. 30 to continue funding government operations into the new fiscal year to avoid a government shutdown, according to the Washington Post.
