This week, congressional leaders announced that they reached an agreement on a top line spending amount for FY 2024 that is in line with the funding levels of the Fiscal Responsibility Act agreed to last year. However, additional work is needed to finalize the agreement on the specifics for each agency and programs and the Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund agencies at current FY 2023 levels expires next Friday, January 19, 2024, for USDA, FDA, DOE, and NRC. The CR for the remaining NTEU-represented agencies expires on February 2, 2024. While we are glad that an agreement was reached that avoided the drastic spending cuts proposed in the various House appropriations bills, we still need Congress to act quickly to avoid a shutdown. NTEU National President Doreen Greenwald sent a letter to congressional leaders yesterday urging quick action to pass a full-year funding agreement that adequately funds agencies so that they can continue to deliver critical services to the American people.