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.

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The continuing resolution that’s funding the government at the moment expires exactly one month from now. 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. But talks are hung up over the exact issue that prompted the last shutdown – money for the president’s border wall. David Hawkings is editor-in-chief at The Fulcrum. He joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to talk about what looks to be another impasse.

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