Congress is on course to pass a third government funding stopgap for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, as negotiations on a 12-bill omnibus package continue at a snail’s pace barely two weeks before the Feb. 18 deadline appropriators set in the last continuing resolution.
“I think we’re probably headed that direction anyway, whether it’s going to be a longer one or a shorter one,” Senate Appropriations ranking member Richard C. Shelby said Thursday about the likelihood of another continuing resolution. “And that would depend on the leadership . . . on where we are, if we are anywhere in our negotiations.”
They are not anywhere at the moment.
