DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa’s six congressional delegation members are awaiting a vote on a bill that would extend government funding and avoid a government shutdown. The concern from those six members is what’s within a 1,500 page continuous resolution.
United States Senator Chuck Grassley during his weekly media availability highlighted his concern with the government potentially shutting down.
“I don’t want a government shutdown. I don’t think we’ll have a government shutdown, and I’m sure we won’t have one when it comes to a vote in the United States Senate. I know it’s a little closer in the House of Representatives, but that’s the way it is,” said Grassley (R). The Senate waits for some type of funding bill to come out of the U.S. House.
Wednesday Republican house lawmakers were sorting through the massive bill that would include $10 billion in direct payments to farmers, $21 billion in agriculture disaster aid, a one year extension of the 2018 farm bill and year round E-15.