Congress Is Heading Toward Yet Another Stopgap Spending Bill This Week to Avoid a Shutdown

Route Fifty By Eric Katz FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A measure to fund agencies through March 11 will allow appropriators to get over the finish line on full-year spending, top House Democrat says. Congress appears headed toward another stopgap funding bill, with Democrats now pushing a short-term measure to give appropriators more time to hammer out full-year spending levels. The House is likely to vote on a continuing resolution this week, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said on Sunday. Current funding is set to expire Feb. 18 and negotiators have yet to have a breakthrough to move forward on appropriations bills for the remainder of fiscal 2022. They have expressed some notes of optimism, however, and Hoyer expressed hope that a short extension would allow for a deal and final votes while avoiding a shutdown.

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