Government Shutdown

• Budget impasse still possible with 1 month left in continuing resolution

  To head off a government shutdown, Congress and the White House need to reach agreement on either a set of full appropriations bills, or another CR.

  Federal Drive
  October 21, 2019
• House staying busy despite congressional recess

  For more on what normally goes on in Congress during recesses, The Fulcrum Editor-in-Chief David Hawkings joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

  Federal Drive
  October 07, 2019
• CR keeps government open but limits what it can buy

  For how contractors can navigate the next couple of months, federal sales consultant Larry Allen joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

  Federal Drive
  October 01, 2019
• Sen. Cardin ‘hopeful’ to reach 3.1% raise during approps conference

  Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) is hopeful to secure a 3.1% raise during the conference on appropriations, and that Congress will pass a full budget before the CR expires.

  Budget
  October 01, 2019
• Shutdown’s permanent collateral damage

  The reason for the new shutdown decision deadline is that lawmakers have not approved appropriations to keep all federal agencies operating after Oct. 1.

  Mike Causey Federal Report
  October 01, 2019
• Trump signs continuing resolution, averting government shutdown until Nov. 21

  President Donald Trump Friday evening signed the seven-week continuing resolution into law, delaying fears of another government shutdown until Nov. 21.

  Budget
  September 27, 2019
• Senate sends shutdown-averting CR to Trump’s desk

  The Senate on Thursday cleared a seven-week continuing resolution through Nov. 21. The CR includes nearly $50 million more for the Office of Personnel Management, which faces a funding gap with the transfer.

  Budget
  September 26, 2019
• Congressman, Veterans Affairs butt heads over office space

  In today’s Federal Newscast, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) and other congressmen are pleading with Veterans Affairs Department to let them keep their offices in agency facilities.

  Federal Newscast
  September 23, 2019
• 3 government shutdowns have cost agencies 57,000 productive years

  The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs’ Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has counted up the costs of the last three shutdowns.

  Government Shutdown
  September 20, 2019

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