Senate voted (and Obama signed) the Continuing Budget Resolution overnight, refugee program comes up short
Posted by Ann Corcoran on December 10, 2016
The federal government will continue to be funded mostly at the Fiscal Year 2016 level until late April. The budget extension had passed the House earlier in the week and the Senate voted last night to send the bill to Obama’s desk.
Many Dems were unhappy because instead of funding the government for the year—until September 30th—the whole issue will be revisited in the spring. The election of Donald Trump was pretty much the deciding factor and this short term fix gives the Trump team time to get in place and put their funding priorities in the mix.
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Elections have consequences as Congress defers to Trump’s wish to weigh in on the federal budget for a portion of FY17. Funding=policy.
You can read about the final vote here at The Hill.
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/senate-voted-and-obama-signed-the-continuing-budget-resolution-overnight-refugee-program-comes-up-short/
