Something that normally attracts a great deal of attention occurred without much notice: Congress kept the federal government open until November
So far Congress has been able to avoid the kind of shutdown that stopped trash pickups on the National Mall last winter. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Image In a high-drama week in Washington, something that normally attracts a great deal of attention occurred without much notice. As Roll Call reports, Congress kept the federal government open until November:
The short-term funding bill includes a provision requiring the Department of Agriculture to provide state-by-state data on the effects of President Trump’s trade war, extends funding for a slew of health programs and the National Flood Insurance Program and reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank.Senators rejected an amendment from Sen. Rand Paul that would have cut spending to help pay for the stopgap bill.
Senate appropriators are on track to pass 10 out of the 12 bills out of the committee by the end of Thursday, but several of the most controversial bills, including funding for the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, aren’t able to get 60 votes on the Senate floor.
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