An extension of those programs was included in a stopgap bill that will
keep the government operating for the next two months, and supporters will try again to pass the nutrition bill when Congress returns to Washington after the elections.
Congress must pass legislation to
keep the government operating past Sept. 30, and Trump has signaled that he is willing to allow the government to shut down if Democrats won't give him money to build a wall along the Mexico border.
Following Monday's passage of a two - month «extender» designed to
keep government operating following the failure to craft a 12 - month budget deal by the March 31 deadline, Tuesday had seen a sudden late - night rush of action on budget bills in the Republican - controlled state Senate.
If the process is not completed by September, lawmakers can pass continuing resolutions to
keep the government operating into the next fiscal year, which begins in October.
Averting an election - year crisis, Congress late yesterday sent the president a bill to
keep the government operating through Dec. 9 and provide $ 1.1 billion in long - delayed funding to battle the Zika virus.
The $ 1.1 trillion bill is expected to win final congressional approval Friday, but just in case a last - minute snag develops, President Obama has already signed a stop - gap funding measure to
keep the government operating until next Tuesday.
As the state legislature has worked toward completing an overdue budget bill for the past month and counting, Governor Paterson has been sending them emergency budget extenders that
keep the government operating for a week or two at a time.
Paul's protest forced Congress to miss a midnight deadline for passing a funding measure to
keep the government operating.
Lawmakers said they objected to furloughs but felt compelled to pass the appropriation in order to
keep the government operating.
The Legislature votes for the furloughs in order to
keep the government operating.
A day after Paterson bullied lawmakers into accepting $ 775 million worth of health care cuts as part of an emergency extender to
keep government operating, the governor is considering a painful menu of new budget cuts.
And in the House, conservative Republicans have tended to oppose spending bills in recent years, forcing GOP leaders to solicit Democratic votes to
keep government operating.
Lawmakers missed Friday's budget deadline, but on Monday passed a stopgap measure to
keep government operating.
• Much of the federal government officially shut down early Saturday morning after Senate Democrats, showing remarkable solidarity in the face of a clear political danger, blocked consideration of a stopgap spending measure to
keep the government operating.
And there also does not appear to be enough support for a legislative «continuing resolution» to
keep government operating, or the quarterly «mini-budgets» Governor Malloy had suggested on Monday.
The $ 153 billion budget passed on April 9, nine days into the 2017 — 18 fiscal year and a week after an emergency «budget extender»
kept the government operating.
The budget agreement is married to a six - week temporary funding bill needed to
keep the government operating and to provide time to implement the budget pact.
That kind of bill is a temporary measure used to
keep government operating.
It included the Buffalo Billion money, which was included in a temporary spending measure approved earlier this week to
keep the government operating until the end of May.
Congress passed a short - term funding measure to
keep the government operating through mid-November while the Senate and House negotiate a final FY12 spending agreement.
The on - budget deficits require the U.S. Treasury to borrow money to raise cash needed to
keep the Government operating.