“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.”
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