A vote to fund the government for one week gives negotiators more time, and pushes back the deadline to Dec. 23 to incentivize a compromise before the holidays.
A vote to fund the government for one week gives negotiators more time, and pushes back the deadline to Dec. 23 to incentivize a compromise before the holidays.
The two chambers are expected this week to pass a short-term measure to keep the government running until Dec. 23, which should give negotiators time to complete work on the full-year spending bill.
The prospect of a government shutdown is looming as a number of conservative senators huddle on whether to derail a bipartisan rush to pass a yearlong spending bill as soon as Thursday, the Washington Examiner has learned.
The Senate passed legislation Thursday to fund the government for an additional week as lawmakers race to finish work on a full-year spending package before they head home for the holidays and a new Congress is sworn in.
By Maegan Vazquez, CNN President Joe Biden signed a one-week stopgap funding bill on Friday to avert a government shutdown, extending the deadline until December 23 to allow congressional negotiators more time to finalize a full-year funding deal.
Senators approved a bill to temporarily fund the government, averting a weekend shutdown and giving more time for negotiators to craft a spending bill.
Congress passed a stopgap spending measure Thursday night to fund the federal government through Dec. 23 as it races to finish a long-term budget, narrowly avoiding a partial shutdown that was set to ensue at midnight on Friday.
Capitol Hill leaders are crafting a full-year funding measure and hope to pass it in the coming days before they break for Christmas as conservatives push to scuttle it.
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