Leader of Conservative House Caucus Wants Funding Frozen at 2024 Levels

But appropriations packages, unlike July’s reconciliation bill, can be filibustered in the Senate, where Schumer is already warning of a shutdown.

Freedom Caucus chair Rep. Andy Harris speaks to reporters outside the entrance to the West Wing of the White House on March 5, 2025. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—With the deadline to fund the government now less than a month away, members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus laid out their chief aims on spending following a policy summit.

The caucus chairman, Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.), told The Epoch Times on Sept. 5 that their goal was to ensure that “we do not increase funding over fiscal year 2024 levels.”