Republicans have a plan to avoid a government shutdown — here's what's in it

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January 17, 2018 3:32 AM

The House GOP released their short-term government funding bill, which includes a series of additions like funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program.

House Republicans rolled out their bill to avoid a government shutdown and fund the government for around a month.
The funding extension will push back the deadline for a shutdown from January 19 to February 16.
The bill will also include extras like funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program and a delay of some Obamacare taxes.

House Republicans released their plan to fund the government for a short time and avoid a shutdown at the end of the week.

The plan will extend the deadline for a shutdown until February 16 from the current January 19 dropoff using a continuing resolution (CR). The CR will extend the current level of funding for most federal programs for nearly a month.

In addition to the funding extension, the plan tacks on a series of healthcare, tax, and military funding changes.

Some of those extras reportedly include:

Funding for the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years:
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Extension of a number of key programs:

Whether or not the bill will pass is questionable. Democrats have demanded that any funding bill include a codification of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) immigration program which is not included in the bill.

This means that the GOP will likely have to get all of its members on board to pas the bill. This could be tricky since Republican defense hawks have bristled at the idea of another CR instead of steady, long-term funding for the military.

Outside of the House fight, the plan will also need some support from Senate Democrats in order to avoid a filibuster in that body.

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