rush to beat shutdown deadline


The House voted today to pass a package of six government funding bills as lawmakers race the clock to get the legislation through both chambers before an end of the week shutdown deadline.


 The Senate must next take up the measure as lawmakers face a pair of upcoming shutdown deadlines on Friday and March 22.


President Biden is set to deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Thursday evening, further compressing the timeframe to enact the package.


 The finalized package of spending bills – backed by the top Democrats and Republicans in both chambers – represents a major breakthrough for lawmakers. After months of averting shutdowns at the eleventh hour with stopgap bills,


Congress is now finally on the verge of passing updated legislation to fund critical government departments and agencies.

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