I'm Virginia Allen.

I'm Samantha Sharis.

And this is the Daily Signal Top News for Monday, September 25th.

Here are today's headlines.

Here in Washington, D.C., this is the week of budget debates, and unless something unexpected

happens, Congress's budget debates are far from over for this year.

Congress has until Saturday, September 30th, to pass a spending budget for next year

in order to avoid a government shutdown.

But because Congress is rarely able to agree on a budget for the new fiscal year, the

House and Senate usually pass something called a continuing resolution, or a CR.

That continues to fund the government through the end of the year while budget debates

continue.

But as of today, there's not appear to be any movement on a continuing resolution.

On Saturday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said there are still a few members that won't

vote for funding the government while we finish all 12 bills, adding that he doesn't understand

that.

Republican lawmakers are moving ahead with four government spending bills, but they are

unlikely to pass in the Democrat-controlled Senate.

These four bills include billions of dollars in cuts to federal government spending.

Reuters reports that the four spending bills would impose new abortion restrictions, undo

an $11 billion Biden administration climate initiative, and resume construction on the Mexican

U.S. border wall.

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