Congress weighs $58M security funding as Charlie Kirk vigil planned for tonight amid deadline pressure

House Speaker Mike Johnson R-La has reported there will be a vigil in Statuary Hall of the Capitol tonight at pm et to honor Charlie Kirk While it is expected to be respectful Capitol Hill is a tinderbox right now Democrats and Republicans are still trading barbs at one another Both sides are accusing the other of contributing to the hyper-toxic rhetoric There are calls to lower the temperature But remember Congress is a thermometer not a thermostat We could have verbal jousting in and around the solemn ceremony tonight Members could again unload on another when they filter back into the Capitol tonight The complex is rife with tension Members are concerned about personal guard and how to safeguard themselves and their families but there s no concrete plan on what to do to protect lawmakers THUNE'S SUITCASE NUKE- AND THE FILIBUSTER'S LATEST BLAST INJURYThis brings us to authorities funding and why assurance of lawmakers is a key part of that fight Leadership funding expires at pm ET on Sept The House is scheduled to be out of session next week Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown on September So there is limited bandwidth for Congress before a shutdown There is chatter that the House may try to advance a clean interim spending bill this week a CR which would run through Nov The bill would renew all funding from last year at current levels But it would approve three new bills for the entire fiscal year covering agriculture military construction VA and the legislative branch REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK MILITARY WHISTLE-BLOWERS TESTIFY TO CONGRESS ABOUT UNEXPLAINED UFO ENCOUNTERS The latter is where there s a challenge Fox is informed that the White House wants an additional million extra for safeguard for the administration and the courts in light of the Kirk murder They would match that with similar money to secure Congress But various lawmakers may balk saying that the matching million is too low similarly because there are so plenty of members of Congress and threats are off the charts Fox is described that Congress will approve whatever prevention funding is necessary but lawmakers must first determine what they want Figure out what you want and put it in the bill It s not something we are going to disagree on commented one senior House source That brings us to the Democrats quest for a preeminence in this spending round especially since it is inferred that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer D-N Y caved and received nothing in the spring funding round The big request from Democrats is a renewal of Obamacare subsidies which expire at the end of the year If Congress fails to act healthcare for tens of millions of Americans will rise sharply Certain Republicans are pushing for an extension of those subsidies too But Congressional Republicans are reluctant to attach the Obamacare subsidy renewal to a seven-week interim spending bill In short Republicans are waiting for Democrats to say what they want and Democrats can t figure that out But rank-and-file Republicans are also waiting for their leadership to make a play call One play call could be getting the House to vote on that clean CR coupled with the three other spending bills later this week However the House has the three-day rule That requires regulation be posted for three days before the House votes If the House is going to vote before its scheduled recess then that would be Thursday And that also means the House must vote to post the bill on Monday But exactly what the House may post is unclear Moreover it s unclear if the House could even approve a stopgap spending package It s about the math The House currently has members Republicans and Democrats That means Republicans can only lose two on their side and pass the bill Rep Thomas Massie R-Ky and perhaps others are likely to oppose a Band-Aid spending bill And Democrats may not vote yes because of all the reasons above Plus they are in the minority They will expect the majority to figure it out Such a scenario could only amplify tensions on Capitol Hill which are already sky-high because of Kirk Expect a lot more verbal jeering and disagreements from Congress before this is resolved