It Looks Like Government Will Be Funded After All: Congress Averts Shutdown by Passing Continuing Resolution
While there was talk of a government shutdown, and “#ShutItDown” was even trending on Twitter for a time, Congress averted a shutdown on Thursday evening when both the House and the Senate passed legislation to fund the government through February 18 with a continuing resolution (CR). Late on Thursday evening, the Senate voted 69-28.
69-28, Senate clears stop-gap to keep government open til Feb. 18
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 3, 2021
The CR passed the House earlier in the evening 221-212, with Rep. Adam Kinzinger (IL) being the only Republican to vote with Democrats. Some Republicans, like Rep. Chip Roy (TX), wanted to tie funding the government to President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate.
Rep @chiproytx: Why Vote To Fund A Govt That Will Mandate People To Lose Jobs?https://t.co/jXFtJilv19
— Mr Producer (@RichSementa) December 2, 2021
Its fate was less certain in the Senate, though, again, due to vaccine mandates. An agreement was reached, though, when the Senate agreed to vote on an amendment from Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) to defund Biden’s vaccine mandate and testing requirements, with only a simple majority.
A Wednesday morning edition of POLITICO Playbook included a statement from Sen. Lee. “I’m sure we would all like to simplify the process for resolving the CR, but I can’t facilitate that without addressing the vaccine mandates,” he said. “Given that federal courts across the country have raised serious issues with these mandates, it’s not unreasonable for my Democratic colleagues to delay enforcement of the mandates for at least the length of the continuing resolution.”
48-50, Senate rejects GOP amendment to block Biden’s vaccine mandate. Senate about to vote to clear measure to keep government open til Feb. 18
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) December 3, 2021
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