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Government stopgap funding bill to run through March 14
Source: Axios
11 hours ago
The spending stopgap bill being negotiated by Congress will fund the government until March 14, 2025, according to multiple sources familiar with the negotiations.
Why it matters: That timeline sets up Congress for a government funding battle toward the tail end of President-elect Trump's first 100 days in office.
Congressional leaders have settled on a final date for the funding bill but there are still outstanding issues, including what policies will be attached to the package. Text for the funding bill is expected to be released as soon as Friday but over the weekend at the latest.
The big picture: Congressional Republicans are setting themselves up for a breakneck first 100 days under the Trump administration, with the funding fight likely to come after other large legislative pushes.
Conservatives want to move quickly on a border package and extend the Trump-era tax cuts. Both of those goals will take a lot of time, energy and negotiating.
Between the lines: What rides on this year-end funding bill is still unclear.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/2024/12/13/government-funding-cr-spending-congress
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Florida special elections reporting: 1st and 6th Congressional Districts (2025)December 9, 2024
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Florida has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 1st Congressional District, vacated by Representative Matt Gaetz, and in the 6th Congressional District, being vacated by Representative Michael Waltz. Special Primary Elections will be held January 28, 2025 and the Special General Elections will be held April 1, 2025.
https://www.fec.gov/updates/florida-special-elections-reporting-1st-and-6th-congressional-districts-2025/
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Florida has scheduled special elections to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 1st Congressional District, vacated by Representative Matt Gaetz, and in the 6th Congressional District, being vacated by Representative Michael Waltz. Special Primary Elections will be held January 28, 2025 and the Special General Elections will be held April 1, 2025.
https://www.fec.gov/updates/florida-special-elections-reporting-1st-and-6th-congressional-districts-2025/
Regarding Stefanik -
Special election ahead for New York's 21st Congressional District: What does that mean?
Alex Gault, Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.
Tue, November 12, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST
Nov. 12—There will be a special election in northern New York early next year, when voters will select someone to represent the 21st Congressional District in the House, as the current officeholder Elise M. Stefanik enters the Trump administration as ambassador to the United Nations.
According to the timeline set out by state law, voters will head to the polls sometime in the spring, likely in April.
According to New York Public Officers Law, once the seat is officially vacated, Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul will have a 10-day window during which to officially call for a special election. Once that proclamation is made, the election must happen within 70 to 80 days of that date.
Special elections are almost always scheduled for Tuesdays, in keeping with electoral tradition.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/special-election-ahead-yorks-21st-045900847.html
Alex Gault, Watertown Daily Times, N.Y.
Tue, November 12, 2024 at 11:59 PM EST
Nov. 12—There will be a special election in northern New York early next year, when voters will select someone to represent the 21st Congressional District in the House, as the current officeholder Elise M. Stefanik enters the Trump administration as ambassador to the United Nations.
According to the timeline set out by state law, voters will head to the polls sometime in the spring, likely in April.
According to New York Public Officers Law, once the seat is officially vacated, Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul will have a 10-day window during which to officially call for a special election. Once that proclamation is made, the election must happen within 70 to 80 days of that date.
Special elections are almost always scheduled for Tuesdays, in keeping with electoral tradition.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/special-election-ahead-yorks-21st-045900847.html
(I'm sure Hochul will do it at the max # of days after the vacancy occurs.
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was after the Budget Control Act had gone into effect in 2011 and the FY2012 appropriations were all done as part of that. Since then, it's been fits and starts.
Before that, it was back under Poppy & Clinton - when all of the Appropriations Bills had been passed before September 30th (and then per this, 1977, before my government time)!