On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed a second temporary spending measure to give Congress an additional four weeks to hash out a deal on final spending levels for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020. The continuing resolution (CR) is expected to be passed by the Senate and signed into law before the current CR expires at midnight on November 21.
The new stop-gap measure would avoid a government shutdown this week. It will allow Congress additional time to negotiate major disagreements with FY 2020 spending, namely whether to fund the building of a border wall, a top White House priority, or to spend that money on domestic programs such as education and health.
The new CR is set to expire on December 20, but there is still no clear path forward to finalizing FY 2020 spending.