On Thursday Congress gave final approval to a one week Continuing Resolution (CR) funding the government until midnight on Friday, December 23.  Passage of the one week CR gives the Congress five days this week to approve a budget for the remainder of the current fiscal year that began on October 1. 

Some Republicans are pushing for a short term CR that will run into 2023 when the House will shift control and the Senate and White House will have to deal with the Republican controlled House.

While nearly all House Republicans voted against the short term CR in the Senate the vote was bipartisan – 70 to 19.  All 19 NO votes were cast by Republicans who wanted to support their House colleagues and only extend funding until March of next year in order to give the new House Republican majority more of a role in the process. However, a bipartisan Senate majority wants to make sure that increased funding for both the Department of Defense and veterans’ healthcare is approved as soon as possible and not get hung up with partisan bickering. 

Prior to passing the short-term CR, the Senate approved and sent to the White House the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), that increased defense spending by 10%, a move that has broad bipartisan support.&nbsp...

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