Congress Is Late to Fund the Government Again

“It has been 27 years and counting since the four corners of congressional leadership managed to do one of their most important jobs on time — fully fund the federal government through appropriation bills,” Axios reports.

“House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) aren’t even talking about passing full spending bills right now — they’re haggling over how to punt the issue down the road and avoid a shutdown with a stopgap measure.”

“Congress is on track to pass zero out of 12 appropriations bills to fund the government by the Oct. 1 deadline. It would be the sixth year in a row.”