Political and Legislative
Congress Is in Danger of Missing the February Shutdown Deadline
Congressional negotiators are in danger of missing the Feb. 18 deadline for passing an omnibus package of the annual appropriations for fiscal 2022.
A shutdown is unlikely, but members of the Senate Appropriations Committee from both parties warn that if negotiators blow through the mid-February deadline, it increases the likelihood that Biden will have to settle for a yearlong stopgap funding measure to keep the government open.
That would prevent him from putting his own stamp on department and agency budgets while Democrats control Congress.
