On January 18, the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives approved a stopgap measure to extend government spending authority into March. Specifically, the measure affects the four appropriations bills set to lapse after January 19, by extending those to March 1, and the remaining eight bills set to expire February 2 are extended to March 8. With a $1.66 trillion topline agreement having been reached earlier this month, Appropriators are currently determining how the funds will be split between the twelve bills. At the time of this writing, the stopgap measure awaits President Biden’s signature. Read more about the congressional votes and ongoing discussions here. Read the Barbed Wire next week for information about specific impacts on California’s rural counties.
