Senate Advances Yet Another Interim Funding Bill to Avert Shutdown

The continuing resolution would avert a partial government shutdown by extending federal funding into March

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks to the press after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other lawmakers in Congress in Washington on Dec. 12, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

With the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 already in the rearview, Congress appears poised to kick the spending can even further down the road.

In a 68–3 procedural vote on Jan. 16, the Senate advanced Congress’ third stopgap spending bill in four months to avert a partial government shutdown.