What to Know About the House’s 6-Month Stopgap Funding Bill

Congress has until March 14 to avert a shutdown.

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on March 6, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

WASHINGTON—Republicans have released their proposal for extending government funding, but it faces hurdles in both chambers of Congress.

The 100-page continuing resolution (CR)—Capitol Hill parlance for a stopgap funding bill—would primarily extend funding past the March 14 deadline to Sept. 30.