Congress Passes Measure to Keep Government Funded

This week, the Senate passed a Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government for another month at FY 09 levels. The House approved a similar provision last week.  This action is necessary as the federal fiscal year ended September 30.  Congress will now have an additional month to finish all FY 2010 spending bills including the labor, health and education bill.  These bills are being held up by the healthcare debate and it is still unclear when Congress will tackle them.