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The Senate passed the House’s short-term government funding bill with a large bipartisan vote this evening, kicking the real spending fights to early 2024.
Here’s the latest on the government shutdown deadline:
- The Senate passed a continuing resolution, or “CR,” that would fund the government through early next year. The vote came late tonight, just a day after it passed the House.
- Congress had until 12:01 a.m. Saturday to fund the government or force a painful shutdown. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk for him to sign before the deadline.
- Members of both parties supported the CR, which extends federal funding at current spending levels without major cuts that conservatives had demanded.
- The bill is a little unusual in that it splits government funding into two groups: Some departments will be funded through Jan. 19, while others will be funded through Feb. 2. That means Congress will have to address two more government shutdown deadlines in early 2024.
The Senate just passed a stopgap funding bill, punting the GOP’s spending fight and the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays. The vote was 87-11.
The bill now heads to Biden for his signature.
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