Kevin Kiley's Proposal to Avert Government Shutdown by Halting Mid-Decade Redistricting

Proposal to Avert Government Shutdown

• 🎯 Rep. Kevin Kiley proposes a deal to avoid a government shutdown by including language in the continuing resolution (CR) to preserve congressional maps as they were at the 2024 election.
• ⚠️ The current "clean CR" is heading to the Senate with Democratic leader Chuck Schumer reportedly uniting his caucus against it, risking a shutdown that would be detrimental to the country.

The Redistricting Issue

• 🗺️ Kiley condemns the ongoing "redistricting war" across the country, arguing it's bad for representative government and opposed by members of both parties.
• 💡 His proposed legislation aims to stop mid-decade redistricting, preventing the upheaval of established congressional maps and the severing of connections between voters and representatives.

Bipartisan Support and Public Opinion

• 📊 66% of Americans oppose mid-decade redistricting, with a 3:1 margin supporting Kiley's proposed legislation, according to a Noble Insights poll.
• ✅ Members of both the Democrat and Republican conferences in the House support the idea of stopping mid-decade redistricting, with some Democrats announcing their own bills on the matter.

Path Forward

• 🤝 Kiley suggests this proposal could give Senator Chuck Schumer something to claim as a delivery for his conference, satisfying members on both sides of the aisle.
• 🏛️ The proposal could be easily incorporated into the continuing resolution already sent to the Senate, providing a bipartisan compromise to keep the government funded and allow time to pass a budget.