House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said today he is “very optimistic” that Congress will come to an agreement this week that avoids a partial Federal government shutdown when funding for several government agencies runs out on March 1. […]

House and Senate leadership over the weekend endorsed legislation that would extend Federal government funding through early March and avert a partial government shutdown that will begin on Friday night absent further action by legislators. […]

President Biden today signed into law a short-term continuing resolution (CR) budget measure that will fund Federal government operations at Fiscal Year 2022 levels through Dec. 23.  Government funding under a previous CR signed in September had been set to run out at midnight tonight. […]

Congressional attention is turning over the next three weeks to negotiating and approving full-year Fiscal Year 2022 (ending Sept. 30) appropriations legislation after the Senate on Feb. 17 voted to approve a continuing resolution (CR) funding bill to keep government operations funded until March 11. […]

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., filed cloture on the latest House-passed continuing resolution (CR) – which would extend Federal government funding through March 11 – setting up a timeline for a Senate vote on the funding bill by Friday. […]

The House of Representatives has passed a stopgap continuing resolution (CR) bill to avoid a Federal government shutdown and fund government operations until March 11. […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) has practices in place to minimize the effects of funding that comes from a continuing resolution (CR), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found, due to the agency starting 11 of the last 12 fiscal years under a CR. […]