White House budget director Shalanda Young told reporters on Friday that she’s “not optimistic” about avoiding a government shutdown when the current stopgap bills funding government agencies expire in the coming weeks.
Next week, Congress will be back in session to confront that possible government shutdown as well as requests for supplemental appropriations for wars in Ukraine and Israel. House Republicans and some in the Senate are signaling that they would back a shutdown if their demands for new policies and funding for border security aren’t met.
