Congress Considers Stopgap Bill To Avoid Gov’t Shutdown


WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 01: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) and Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) listen at a press conference after the weekly Republican Senate conference meeting in the Mansfield Room at the U.S. Capitol December 01, 2020 in Washington, DC. The Senate GOP leaders were asked about the chances of Congress passing another coronavirus relief bill along with must-pass government funding legislation. (Photo by Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)

Lawmakers are scrambling to avoid a government shut down and to pass the annual government full-year funding bill.

According to reports, leadership in both the House and Senate are mulling over the possibility of a week-long stopgap bill, known as a continuing resolution.

The December 11 deadline to pass the legislation is quickly approaching. Lawmakers are considering to include a long-awaited COVID relief in the funding bill to expedite the lengthy negotiation process.

“Again, we want to have it on the omnibus,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. “And we’re hoping that that will accelerate the discussion on the omnibus, so we are going to keep the government open.”

WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 04: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill on December 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

The continuing resolution would extend the congressional lame-duck timeline, changing it to December 18.



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