12/3/21 - Government Shutdown Averted

Friday, December 3, 2021 at 8:27 AM

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Lawmakers vote to extend government funding until mid-February.

WASHINGTON - Both chambers of Congress passed a bill to fund the government through Feb. 18.

The Senate voted late Thursday to pass the short-term measure that the House approved hours earlier.

This will now give lawmakers 11 more weeks to work on a longer-term funding plan to cover the entire fiscal year.

The vote was almost entirely along party lines and if it was not extended, there would have been a partial government shutdown.

A shutdown would have furloughed hundreds of nonessential federal employees, such as clerks, custodial staff, park rangers and white-collar managers, forcing them to take time off without pay.

Essential functions such as the military, law enforcement and air traffic control would have continued.

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