House passes stopgap bill to prevent shutdown
By Aris Folley and Cristina Marcos - 02/08/22 05:45 PM EST
The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap measure to extend federal government funding until March 11 to prevent a shutdown next week while negotiations over a longer-term package remain ongoing.
The chamber voted 272-162 to pass the short-term funding bill on Tuesday evening, just one day before the House is set to be out of session until the week of Feb. 28. A total of 51 House Republicans joined all but one Democrat in support of the measure.
The Senate is expected to act swiftly on the legislation. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that he intends for the upper chamber to “take it up quickly and in time” before current government funding expires Feb. 18.
The legislation buys congressional negotiators on both sides of the aisle time to strike a larger spending deal, known as an omnibus, to fund government operations for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends in late September.
If passed by the House and Senate, the continuing resolution will mark the third time Congress has had to resort to such measures to prevent a shutdown for the current fiscal year that began Oct. 1 as lawmakers struggle to reach a bipartisan agreement on spending.
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