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• Legislation to end government shutdowns returns to Capitol Hill - September 11, 2025

• Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., have brought back a bill aimed at ending the costly budget impasses, a proposal that’s historically had little success in Congress.

  Carten Cordell, Government Executive

  With three weeks left in the fiscal year and yet another potential budget crisis looming, Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, and Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., are trying their hand again at ending government shutdowns for good.

  Arrington brought his Prevent Government Shutdowns Act (H.R. 5130) back to the House on Sept. 4, two years removed from his last attempt at the proposal, alongside Lankford, who has penned several Senate versions of the legislation dating back to 2019.

  “In the real world, if you fail to do your job, there are consequences. Yet, when Congress fails to pass appropriations on time, the burden falls squarely on hardworking Americans - taxpayers, seniors, and our men and women in uniform,” said Arrington, chairman of the House Budget Committee. “My Prevent Government Shutdowns Act is commonsense legislation that would shift the burden of a shutdown away from We the People and onto the politicians where it belongs - by forcing Members of Congress to stay in Washington until their work on appropriations is complete.” 

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