With a government shutdown looming, U.S. lawmakers passed another short-term spending bill on 14 March to keep the government open through September 2025.
Unable to pass a regular appropriations bill through the House and Senate before the deadline, Congress passed a continuing resolution to keep the government open in September 2024. That stopgap measure avoided a government shutdown for three months, pushing back any budget decisions until after the 2024 election. In December, lawmakers again voted to push back budget negotiations, passing another continuing resolution to keep the government open through 14 March.
With that deadline fast approaching, the House passed a Republican-authored continuing resolution along partisan lines. A day before the 14 March deadline, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that he would vote for the bill, providing political cover for other Senate Democrats to vote to keep the government open despite their concerns with the legislations.
"While the Republican bill is very bad, the potential for a shutdown has consequences for America that are ...
