Congress Reveals Plan to Fund Parts of US Government Through September
- Proposal covers a quarter of overall funding for US agencies
- Package omits departments that are focus of partisan disputes
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Feb. 27.
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US congressional leaders revealed a detailed agreement to keep large parts of the government operating through Sept. 30 as they sprint to avert another shutdown deadline at the end of the week.
The $436 billion package, covering about a quarter of funding for government agencies, represents the first real progress toward resolving ideological clashes behind the series of shutdown threats and interim patches the US has operated under for more than five months. It includes provisions to prevent oil sales from the US’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China and track foreign purchases of US farmland.