Freedom Caucus draws first battle lines in election year government shutdown fight

The House Freedom Caucus is making its first formal demands in the fiscal year 2025 government spending fight.

That puts the group in direct opposition to their more traditional GOP colleagues, including House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., who suggested last month that he would want to finish the government funding process by the end of 2024. Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.

With just six of 12 individual appropriations bills having passed the House, and none yet in the Senate, it's all but certain that a short-term extension of the current year's funding levels will be needed to keep the government open past the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com