Posted 1/17/2024, 2:14:00 PM
Senate Advances Short-Term Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
- Senate voted Tuesday to advance a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown
- The spending patch, known as a continuing resolution (CR), passed with bipartisan support, 68-13
- The CR aims to give Congress more time to finish drafting appropriations bills reflecting recent bipartisan budget deal
- The current CR extends funding in two separate deadlines - one on March 1 and one on March 8
- House Freedom Caucus has criticized the CR, but it is still likely to pass to avoid a shutdown