House Committee Clears Short-Term Budget Resolution as Shutdown Deadline Looms

The measure to fund the government through Oct. 31 cleared the final hurdle to consideration by the full House, but passage is by no means certain.

Committee ranking member Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), seated, shakes hands with committee chairman Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) as they arrive for a House Rules Committee in Washington, D.C., on May 9, 2023. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

A short-term continuing resolution (CR) aimed at averting a government shutdown while allowing Congress an additional month to come to an agreement on spending has been cleared for consideration by the House of Representatives.

The House Rules Committee voted 9-3 along party lines to pass the rule for consideration of H.R. 5525, Continuing Appropriations and Border Security Enhancement Act, 2024, which had been proposed by a coalition of Republicans from the House Freedom and Main Street Caucuses.