The Senate on Tuesday is set to take a first procedural vote on a stopgap measure that will set up two March deadlines to fund the government, looking to once again avert a shutdown by punting on the appropriations process.
The third continuing resolution of fiscal 2024 would again take a two-tiered approach, dividing the expiration of funding into two buckets of agencies. It would also come with more promise that it will end in a full-year funding agreement, as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., have agreed on the overall spending levels for the fiscal year.
