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UPDATE: Will the Federal Government Shutdown Tomorrow?

Government Shutdown TomorrowFINAL UPDATE (12/20/2019): President Trump has signed the spending bills and avoided a holiday government shutdown. The bill granted Federal employees paid parental leave and created a new branch in the military called Space Force, which is historic.


UPDATE (12/20/2019): The House and Senate have approved the $1.4 trillion, two-part spending deal. It is now pending President Donald Trump’s signature.

We are removing the countdown clock since the shutdown threat is over.
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Here We Go Again…Another Federal Government Shutdown?

FINAL UPDATE: The government has reopened after the Senate Democrats agreed to vote for a three week spending bill.


UPDATE: The deadline has passed. The US Federal Government has officially shutdown as Democrats and Republicans could not agree on a spending bill. This will be the first shutdown since 2013.


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No, it isn’t Groundhog Day. We are facing the threat of another federal government shutdown. There is a real possibility the U.S. government will come to a screeching halt tonight at midnight.
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Another Federal Government Shutdown?

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UPDATE 2: 

The Senate has passed the stop-gap measure 81-14. The bill will now go to the White House for President Trump’s signature.

The stop-gap measure will extend the current continuing resolution  (CR) until December 22, 2017. Hopefully the threat of another shutdown will not occur before the holidays.
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Federal Government Shutdown 2015

LATEST UPDATE: Congress has approved the spending budget for fiscal year (FY) 2016! 

President Barack Obama will sign the measure.

(Updated December 18, 2015)


UPDATE: Congress has negotiated a spending bill, but will miss the December 16th deadline. Another stop-gap bill will be needed to extend the deadline. The new deadline will be December 22, 2015.

Today, Paul Ryan announced the House of Representatives will vote on the spending bill on Friday, while the Senate will vote shortly thereafter.

We will start a new countdown once the stop-gap has been approved by the President. 

(Updated December 16, 2015)


UPDATE: The House passed the stop-gap and the President has signed it.

A new countdown has been started.


UPDATE:  Congress will not finalize a $1.15 trillion spending bill by midnight on December 11,  2015. On December 10, 2015, the Senate passed a stop-gap bill to extend the deadline to December 16, 2015. Today, the House will vote. The spending bill has been stalled due to “policy riders”.  If no deal by midnight on December 16, 2015 – the government will shutdown. Stay tuned.

(Updated December 11, 2015)


UPDATE: We decided to start a federal government countdown clock for December 11, 2015.

A budget deal has been approved and the debt ceiling has been raised, but will a shutdown happen on December 11, 2015? It could. Congress has a few weeks to appropriate money for the federal government through September 2016.

With a new Speaker of the House of Representatives (Republican, Paul Ryan of Wisconsin) and opposition to hotly-debatted policy riders in the spending bills, anything can happen. Stay tuned.

(Last update  November 6, 2015)
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