Democrats Warn That Congress Is Still Heading Toward a Shutdown Despite Agreement on Budget

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks to the press after meeting President Joe Biden to discuss the debt limit at the White House in Washington on May 22, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Democrats warn that Congress is still facing the threat of a shutdown at the end of the year, despite an agreement on the Federal budget.

The agreement earlier this month between House Republicans and the Democrats was supposed to create a bipartisan framework for annual spending bills that would take a government shutdown off the table.