Shutdown averted? Deal would fund agencies through Feb. 18

摘要

Congressional leaders struck a bipartisan deal this morning on legislation to extend current government funding by nearly three months, and the House is expected to quickly pass the measure today. Lawmakers are scrambling to approve the stopgap funding bill, H.R. 6119, which would extend agency dollars through Feb. 18, before midnight tomorrow when current spending authority expires. If Congress doesn’t act, the government will go into partial shutdown. Even though Democratic and Republican leaders in both the House and Senate support the deal, it’s uncertain whether the Senate will meet the Friday deadline. A handful of conservatives are threatening to delay the continuing resolution to force a vote on scrapping federal vaccine mandates.