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WASHINGTON — Working furiously to take control of a House in disarray, allies of Speaker Kevin McCarthy implored their Republican colleagues Sept. 23 to drop their hardline tactics and work together to approve a conservative spending plan to prevent a federal shutdown.
The House just passed legislation to continue and strengthen the President's Emergency Plan for AIDs Relief (PEPFAR) for another year--FY2024--ensuring that critically needed medicines--including anti-retroviral (ARVs) and other life-saving interventions--are available to those who need them in Africa and elsewhere.
As Members and partners of InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based NGOs championing humanitarian, health, development, and democracy programs, we are gravely concerned with the proposed funding cuts for humanitarian and foreign assistance programs in H.R. 4665, the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2024 and H.R.
With eight days until the fiscal year ends, four workdays to strike a budget deal, and eleven necessary appropriations bills to pass through Congress, a government shutdown is looming large as members spar over spending deal breakers, must-haves, and interim measures.