Reporter's Notebook: Congress Dodged a Fall Shutdown, but the Real Fight Looms

Congress dodged a shutdown. You still paid for it

Federal offices opened on Thursday without a shutdown, and Washington will treat that as an accomplishment. It should not. The House passed a stopgap bill, 370-48, that holds agencies at last year’s spending levels through Dec. 11. That is the safety net. The fall is what came before it. In the past 12 months, the […]

Reporter’s Notebook: Congress dodged a fall shutdown, but the real fight looms

"And all at once, summer collapsed into fall..." - Oscar WildeCongress certainly collapsed into fall this year. It lacked the usual mayhem of an immin...

Reporter's Notebook: Congress dodged a fall shutdown, but the real fight looms - NEW YORK TIMES POST

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! “And all at once, summer collapsed into fall…” – Oscar Wilde Congress certainly collapsed into fall this year. It lacked the usual mayhem of an imminent government shutdown for the first time in years. The government is usually only funded through September 30, the end of the [...]

Reporter's Notebook: Congress dodged a fall shutdown, but the real fight looms

Congress avoided a government shutdown this fall, funding the government through Dec. 11. But the midterm elections could spark a spending bill showdown and shutdown after.