Political and Legislative
Democrats Work to Prevent Shutdown
Democrats are moving to prevent a government shutdown as an agreement on a longer funding bill remains elusive.
The House is expected to take up a stop-gap bill, known as a continuing resolution, this week, ahead of the Feb. 18 deadline to fund the government. The House is scheduled to leave town after this week until Feb. 28.
Leadership in both chambers have signaled that they expect the CR, which will continue current funding levels, to be a short-term bill. But they haven’t said how long the bill will keep the government funded.
