Congress passed a 10-week continuing resolution (CR) that will allow the federal government to continue to be funded at current fiscal year 2016 levels until December 9, 2016. The House passed the CR by a vote of 342-85 and the Senate passed the CR by a vote of 72-26. The CR also includes $1.1 billion in funding to respond to the Zika virus, $500 million in flood relief for Louisiana and other states and full fiscal 2017 appropriations for military construction and veterans. The President has signed the bill into law.
Soon after passage of the CR, Congress left Washington, D.C. to campaign for the last month before the 2016 federal elections. Congress will return to Washington after the elections on November 14, 2016.