Posted 12/26/2023, 10:20:00 PM
Congress Faces Funding Deadlines and Immigration Deal in January
- Congress faces deadlines to fund the government and provide aid to Ukraine and Israel in January
- Failure to pass funding bills by January 19 would trigger a partial government shutdown
- The chaotic House speaker race wasted time needed to pass long-term funding bills
- Continuing resolutions cause problems by restricting spending to prior year levels
- An immigration deal could emerge linking border policy changes to Ukraine aid passage