距离政府部分关闭的最后期限还有几天，议长迈克·约翰逊表示资金一揽子计划的新协商法案文本将于周三下午出炉，这将触发一个时间表，这意味着立法者需要迅速采取行动，以防止在周五最后期限前关闭。
“我们一直非常坚持，非常坚定地认为我们必须为政府提供资金。我们必须完成拨款程序，”约翰逊周三上午在共和党新闻发布会上被问及补充资金的情况时表示，补充资金包括对乌克兰和以色列的援助。
约翰逊说国土安全部法案是“最难谈判的，因为两党分歧很大。”为DHS提供资金是六项支出法案谈判中的最后一个主要症结，这些法案需要通过才能避免政府关门。
当法案的立法文本出台时，立法者正在分秒必争地防止政府关门。众议院有一项规定，要求议员在投票前有72小时的时间审查立法;参议院也可能需要几天时间来处理众议院通过的法案。这意味着投票可能要到本周末或周末才会进行-增加了停工的可能性-除非约翰逊加快这一进程。
“我认为最终产品是我们能够实现许多关键条款并取得胜利的东西，这是朝着我们希望的方向迈出的一步——即使我们在历史上只占很小的多数。有一些非常艰难的谈判，但现在已经结束了，正如我一直所说的那样，我们将把注意力转向补充问题。
消息人士告诉ABC新闻，约翰逊在周三上午的闭门会议上详细介绍了共和党的一些胜利。一揽子计划中的一些成果包括边境执法和国防支出——例如边境技术增加25%，对外援助减少6%，以及国防部气候项目削减。
约翰逊拒绝在众议院详细说明乌克兰资金的前进道路，并回避了国会高级记者雷切尔·斯科特关于乌克兰贷款的问题。
“我没有具体谈到资助乌克兰的机制。我们正在讨论所有这些作品中的全部补充内容，无论它们是单独发行还是作为一个整体发行，所有这些内容都在内部进行辩论和讨论。我认为，在很多人的心目中，对乌克兰的致命援助和人道主义援助之间有很大的区别。
他说:“我们理解美国在世界上扮演的角色，我们理解向世界发出强烈信号的重要性，即我们袖手旁观是我们的盟友，我们不能允许恐怖分子和暴君在全球横行。”。
众议院外交事务委员会主席麦克·麦克考尔告诉美国广播公司新闻，他正在与拨款人一起制定一项补充法案，称“该法案与参议院的差异不会太大，但会有我们的支持。”
参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默周三誓言参议院将迅速采取行动防止即将到来的关闭。
“我们还不知道众议院将于何时采取行动，但一旦他们向我们提交拨款方案，我将把它提交给参议院。众所周知，从那时起，法案的通过需要合作，需要每一位参议员的同意，需要他们快速推进这一进程。“即使存在党派偏见，要在周末截止日期前通过这项拨款计划也将非常困难。”
舒默鼓励他的同事们“保持灵活，准备迅速采取行动，并优先考虑真诚合作，以便我们能够完成拨款程序。”
舒默说:“今天，拨款者继续致力于立法文本，尽管最后期限很紧，但他们继续取得很好的进展。”“他们非常勤奋。他们彻夜工作，我们在过道两边向他们致敬。”
'We had to get our government funded': Speaker Johnson outlines plan to avert shutdown
With days until a partial government shutdown deadline, Speaker Mike Johnson said thenewly negotiated bill text for the funding packagewill be out by Wednesday afternoon, triggering a timeline that means lawmakers would need to act fast to prevent a shutdown before a Friday deadline.
"We've been very consistent, very adamant that we had to get our government funded. We had to get the appropriations process done," Johnson said Wednesday morning when asked at the GOP press conference about where things stand with supplemental funding, which includes aid for Ukraine and Israel.
Johnson said theDepartment of Homeland Security billwas "the most difficult to negotiate because the two parties have a wide chasm." Funding for DHS was the final major sticking point in negotiations for the six spending bills that need to pass to avert a shutdown.
When the legislative text of bill comes out, lawmakers are up against the clock to prevent a shutdown. The House has a rule requiring 72 hours for members to review legislation before voting; the Senate also can take a few days to process House-passed bills. That means a vote may not happen until the end of the week or weekend -- increasing the chances of shutdown -- unless Johnson speeds up the process.
"I think the final product is something that we were able to achieve a lot of key provisions in, wins in, a move in the direction that we want -- even with our tiny, historically small majority. There was some very tough negotiation, but that having come to an end now, the attention -- as I've said all along -- we'll turn to the to the supplemental issues," he said.
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Johnson detailed some of those Republican wins during a closed-door meeting with the conference Wednesday morning, sources tell ABC News. Some of those wins in the package include border enforcement and defense spending -- such as a 25% increase on border technology, a 6% cut to foreign aid and cuts to Defense Department climate programs.
Johnson declined to elaborate on a path forward for Ukraine funding in the House and dodged Senior Congressional Correspondent Rachel Scott's question on a loan for Ukraine.
"I have not specifically talked about the mechanism of funding Ukraine. We're talking about the whole supplemental in all these pieces, whether they would go individually or as a package, all those things are being debated and discussed internally. I think there is a big distinction in the minds of a lot of people between lethal aid for Ukraine and the humanitarian component," Johnson said.
"Look, we understand the role that America plays in the world, we understand the importance of sending a strong signal to the world, that we stand by our allies, and we cannot allow terrorists and tyrants to march through the globe," he said.
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Mike McCaul told ABC News that he's working on a supplemental bill with appropriators, saying that "it can't vary too much from the Senate, but it's going to have our stamp on it."
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday vowed that the Senate will move quickly to prevent the looming shutdown.
"We don't yet know precisely when the House will act, but as soon as they send us the funding package, I will put it on the Senate floor. And from there, as we all know, it will take cooperation to get on the bill and consent and every senator to keep this process moving quickly," Schumer said on the floor. "Even with the partisanship, it's going to be a tight squeeze to get this funding package passed before the weekend deadline."
Schumer encouraged his colleagues "to be flexible, to be prepared to act quickly, and to prioritize working together in good faith so we can finish the appropriations process."
"Today, appropriators continue working on the legislative text and despite the tight deadline, they continue to make very good progress," Schumer said. "They're very diligent. They worked through the night, and we salute them on both sides of the aisles."
