A bill to fund government agency operations through the end of the year has been submitted to Congress
Negotiators in Congress have introduced a bill to fund government agencies through the end of the fiscal year amid another threat of a partial shutdown if lawmakers don’t act by Friday.
The bill sets the discretionary spending level at $1.66 trillion for fiscal year 2024. The bill supplements an agreement that Schumer and House Speaker Mike Johnson reached in early January.
Lawmakers last week passed a fourth stopgap funding measure for state agency operations since Oct. 1 and set two deadlines. Funding for some agencies, including the Department of Transportation and the Food and Drug Administration, will end March 8, and most other federal agencies will partially shut down March 22.
Although congressional leaders have agreed to the document, the agreement still faces some challenges, particularly opposition from radical Republicans in the House of Representatives who have repeatedly called for drastic spending cuts and usually do not vote for spending bills.
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