The House and Senate voted Thursday to give Congress a few more days to work on full-year funding for the remainder of the 2024 fiscal year, which avoids a partial government shutdown that could have started Friday night.
Although the new continuing resolution has tight deadlines of March 8 and March 22, congressional negotiators said they have made significant progress on the individual FY 2024 appropriation bills.
After a meeting with President Biden on Tuesday, congressional leaders reached a deal on the Agriculture-FDA, Energy-Water, Military Construction-VA, Transportation-HUD, Interior-Environment, and Commerce-Justice-Science appropriation bills, which they plan to pass before the March 8 deadline. Congress would then have until March 22 to reach a deal on the remaining six bills and finally complete fiscal year 2024 funding. Importantly, passing all 12 bills would avoid an automatic 1 percent across-the-board cut.
As lawmakers scramble to finish the FY 2024 appropriation bills, NTEU will continue to fight for agency funding levels that give employees the resources they need.
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