Days From Shutdown Deadline, Congress Races To Pass Temporary Government Funding Bill
This would keep the government open another month. The current deadline is Thursday, so they have to pass something quickly, or else the government might shut down.
Last time, it was closed for 35 days, the longest shutdown in history.
House lawmakers have introduced a temporary funding measure to thwart another government shutdown, with hopes to move the legislation to the Senate and the president's desk before federal agencies run out of money at midnight on Thursday.
The legislative measure, known as a continuing resolution, or CR, will fund the government through Dec. 20. This would mark the second continuing resolution to take effect since the fiscal year began Oct. 1.
The move comes days after the chairs of Senate and House Appropriations committees met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin also attended the Capitol Hill meeting Thursday, with Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee.
This would keep the government open another month. The current deadline is Thursday, so they have to pass something quickly, or else the government might shut down.
Last time, it was closed for 35 days, the longest shutdown in history.