Congress Averts Shutdown With 2-Day Funding Bill
Feds who stayed up late watching C-SPAN probably got more drama than they were expecting from the votes to avert a partial government shutdown.
On the evening of Dec. 11, the House of Representatives passed an $1.1 trillion appropriations bill dubbed the “cromnibus” because it keeps the Department of Homeland Security operational on the basis of a continuing resolution through Feb. 27, 2015, while funding the rest of government with an omnibus appropriations package through the end of the current fiscal year. The bill passed by a vote of 219-206.
A large majority of Democrats joined a small minority of Republicans to oppose the package. Democrats went against the bill because they objected to two policy riders — one that rolled back a provision in the Dodd-Frank financial regulation bill about derivatives trading by federally insured institutions, and another that increases the maximum allowable individual donation to political parties. Republicans who voted against the measure wanted a stronger rebuttal of President Barack Obama’s executive order on immigration.
The House then passed a continuing resolution to fund the government for two more days at current levels, knowing that the Senate would not have time to move the full bill before midnight. With just over an hour left on the clock before government funding expired, the Senate too passed the continuing resolution, also under unanimous consent.
Full article by Adam Mazmanian, FCW
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