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POLL: Will Congress pass a budget for 2011?

A shutdown has been averted for now as Congress passed a short-term spending measure Wednesday to keep the government funded through March 18. But it’s no...

Federal News Network Staff

March 3, 2011 1:12 pm

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A shutdown has been averted for now as Congress passed a short-term spending measure Wednesday to keep the government funded through March 18.

But it’s now five months into the current fiscal year, and Congress still has not passed a 2011 budget to fund government through Sept. 30. Instead, Congress has passed a series of stopgap spending bills or continuing resolutions (CRs).

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Will Congress pass a spending measure funding the government for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year or will it continue to pass short-term CRs?
	Congress will pass a budget for the remainder of FY2011.
	Congress will continue to pass short-term CRs.
	Don’t know.

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POLL: Will Congress pass a budget for 2011?

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