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Deal Reached, One Day CR

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A deal has been reached on an almost $1 trillion COVID relief bill which will be rolled into an omnibus FY21 spending package. The legislation is believed to include support for airline workers, expanded unemployment benefits, funding for contact tracing and testing, vaccine rollout, schools, stimulus checks, and more. Details are not yet publicly available.

A one day continuing resolution will likely be passed to give lawmakers time to actually debate and pass the agreed-upon spending package in each chamber and send to the President before funding expires at midnight tonight.

As noted above, the exact details are not yet available since there is no actual text that has been circulated.  Check back for more updates.

 

Still No Deal…

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With the clock ticking, and although Congressional and White House negotiators are talking, there is still no deal on a next round of COVID relief.  As the result of a one-week continuing resolution, those involved in the discussions bought themselves an extra week, until Midnight Saturday, to come to an agreement.  It appears that a number of sticking points remain.

The Congressional leadership and the White House are seeking to attach the legislation to the $1.4-trillion FY2021 omnibus appropriations package that has been agreed to separately.  It is very possible that another short-term funding measure may be needed.

Read more about the situation here and here.

CR Adopted by the Senate

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Earlier this afternoon, the Senate approved by voice vote a one-week continuing resolution (CR), which, if signed by the President, would keep the government funded through next Friday.  The current CR expires at midnight tonight.

The extension is designed to buy some more time for negotiators to come an agreement on the FY2021 spending package and possibly on another COVID relief bill.  The extra week also gives Congress time to potentially vote to override a promised-veto on next year’s defense authorization legislation.

House Clears Another CR

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Earlier this afternoon, the House cleared another short-term funding measure by a vote of 343 to 67.  Assuming that the Senate approves it and it is signed by the President before midnight Saturday, the negotiators will have bought themselves another week to produce a FY2021 spending package as well as, possibly, another COVID relief bill before officially adjourning the 116th Congress.

Another CR Needed

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The House plans to take up another short-term funding measure this week to keep the federal government funded through next Friday, December 18.  The current funding mechanism is scheduled to expire at midnight Saturday.

The extension through next Friday is being sought to buy extra time for negotiators to come to an agreement on, among other things, the FY2021 spending package and another COVID relief bill.  Congressional leaders have discussed the possibility of combining the two into a single measure and neither has been finalized.