The Federal government will remain funded at fiscal year 2023 – which ended on Sept. 30 – levels through later in January 2024 after the Senate voted late Wednesday by an 87-11 margin to approve a continuing resolution funding bill.
Under the bill – approved earlier this week in the House by a vote of 336-95 – some Federal agencies will be funded through Jan. 19, while others will receive funding through Feb. 2.
Agencies with funding through Jan. 19 include the Departments of Transportation, Agriculture, Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans Affairs. Most other government agencies and functions will be funded through Feb. 2.
President Biden is expected to sign the funding bill into law by Nov. 17, when funding for the entire government is set to run out under terms of the previous CR agreement reached by Congress in late September.
“This Friday night, there will be no government shutdown,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., late Wednesday. “Because of bipartisan cooperation, we are keeping the government open without any poison pills or harmful cuts to vital programs – a great outcome for the American people.”
Elsewhere in his remarks, Sen. Schumer pledged, “we will also complete our work on the National Defense Authorization Act before the end of the year.”
