As Congress returned this week for the first time since the federal elections, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate continued to work to find a solution on FY 2017 appropriations. The federal government is currently funded through December 9, 2016.
On Thursday, House leadership announced the House will begin the process to pass a Continuing Resolution to keep the federal government funded until March 31, 2017. The announcement came in response to President-elect Trump’s request for Congress to delay resolving FY 17 appropriations until next year when both Congress and White House are under Republican control. If Congress passes a Continuing Resolution to continue the current levels of federal funding, the new Congress and President-elect Trump will be tasked with finishing up the FY 17 funding bills in the early part of 2017.