HR 4378 Passes in House – FY 2020 CR

On Thursday the House passed HR 4378, the FY 2020 continuing resolution by a somewhat bipartisan vote of 301 to 123. The bill was debated in the House for 42 minutes, but not a single voice was raised in opposition to the bill. The bill will probably be taken up in the Senate next week.

As I noted in an earlier post, this relatively lengthy ‘clean CR’ appears to have been negotiated to acceptance with the approval of the Senate leadership. It remains to be seen if there will be enough Republican votes for the bill in the Senate to push the bill to the floor for consideration. The lack of any speechified opposition to the bill in the House probably indicates that most of the votes were pro forma opposition to a CR and not a stand for a shut-down of the federal government.

The big question remains; will Trump sign the bill if it is presented to him. The answer to that will have to wait until he makes his final decision when the bill actually lands on his desk. Trump’s political capriciousness is becoming legendary.