Congress passed a stopgap spending measure to fund the government through December 20. A government shutdown was set to commence Thursday at midnight without congressional action.
With the passage of a stopgap spending bill passed Thursday by the Senate, Congress averted a government shutdown that was set to begin just hours later at midnight.
This is the second resolution in recent months. The stop-gap measures have kept the government running as lawmakers' disagreements with fiscal year 2020's budget have continued. The first CR was passed by Congress and approved by Trump in September. But the current budget disagreements between Democrats and Republicans and the White House comes amid an impeachment inquiry against the president, exacerbating Congress' inability to fund the government by normal means.
House Democrats are vehemently opposed to providing funding for the president's border wall. Rep. Nita Lowey , chair of the House Appropriations Committee, has said that in order to"reach agreement on allocations, Senate Republicans must drop their insistence on funding a wasteful wall at the expense of critical domestic programs.". The House has passed 10 while the Senate has passed just four.
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