Rep. Greg Cassar joined Democratic lawmakers in passing a continuing resolution to temporarily fund the government.
DALLAS — Instead of passing the dozen or so annual spending bills needed to keep the federal government funded, Congress once again passed a temporary continuing resolution (CR) to keep the lights on through Dec. 20. I turned my attention to.
Rep. Greg Cassar (D-Austin) joined other Democrats and some Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass CR 341-82, with only Republicans voting against it.
The Democratic Party will send a strong message to members of Congress on November 5th that voters want people in power who will work together to build something, not try to take away the services people rely on. He said he was looking forward to it.
“What I learned here in my first term in Congress is that a lot of the right-wing Republican strategy is to break things and campaign to break them. But young children break things. It’s possible. It takes adults and people who are committed to public service to build things,” Rep. Cassar said on Inside Texas Politics.
In most cases, the CR has been funding the government at current levels until just before Christmas, and in the wake of two recent assassination attempts on Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, lawmakers gave the Secret Service $231 million. Adding dollars.
The bill passed the Senate with a vote of 78-18.
CR would avoid a government shutdown, but it only means that lawmakers will still have to make tough budget decisions after the Nov. 5 election.
Congressman Casale also discussed a new resolution he introduced a few hours before our conversation.
The Migration Stabilization Resolution calls for comprehensive legislation that addresses the root causes of people fleeing Latin America and the Caribbean.
They also want a real roadmap to citizenship for immigrants living in the United States.
“If you really want to tackle immigration, let’s tackle Latin America. Let’s stop adding fuel to the fires of poverty and instability and create more legal avenues for immigration,” Casar said. said. “So we got the idea out there, and we’re hearing and seeing more support.”