"A lot of lawmakers just don't want to come back to Washington and argue over federal funding," WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller said.
Tim Gribben, the commissioner of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, said the bureau refined and reframed its progress statement for the first time since 2018.
"This whole year we have seen a lot of volatility. And particularly because a change in administration could mean a change in tax law," Thiago Glieger said.
"We asked two questions," John Vecchione said. "Should Chevron be overruled? And this regulation is an allowable under the statute if you don't have Chevron?"
"They passed the CR, giving themselves until Dec. 20 to figure out what to do," Loren Duggan said.
A six-month CR would delay $8.2 billion worth of investments for the Army, limit the Air Force’s ability to fund increases in military pay accounts.
The VA expects to grow its health care workforce to approximately 404,000 total employees next year, if Congress approves supplemental funding.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), chairwoman of the Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, IT and Innovation, is asking for a briefing by Oct. 3.
Senators voted Tuesday to confirm Army Lt. Gen. Ronald Clark for a fourth star and as commander of U.S. Army Pacific.
Lt. Gen. Steven Nordhaus, who will be promoted to a four-star general, inherits the National Guard as its workforce and resources are being stretched thin.
The continuing resolution reauthorizes funds to avoid a 22% pay cut for 11,000 federal employees who spend most of their time overseas.
"Everybody kind of knew what the path forward was, but you had to clear out a lot of the ideological underbrush before you got there," Larry Allen said.
"I do feel very confident that we will pass a short term continuing resolution, pass it through the end of the calendar year," Tim Kaine said.
"I want OSC operations to be more visible, more transparent, more understood so the public knows what we're doing," said Hampton Dellinger.
Bipartisan negotiations to avoid a government shutdown began in earnest shortly after a failed vote last week in the House.