Senate Passes Stopgap Funding Bill, Sending Measure to House in Race to Avert Shutdown

Published on January 18, 2024

The Senate has passed a stopgap funding bill in a vote of 77-18, sending the measure to the House for a vote later today in a race to meet a government funding deadline on Jan. 19. House and Senate leaders unveiled its text just days before, reaching a bipartisan agreement on temporary funding to allow additional time for the full funding legislation. This came following a Jan. 16 procedural vote on the Continuing Resolution (CR) that passed by a margin of 68–3, moving the third stopgap spending bill in four months forward in an effort to avert a partial government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the White House reached an agreement on the interim measure on Jan. 14 and released their plan to be voted on in an effort to extend government funding which would run out on Jan. 19...