New year brings same government shutdown threats

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New year brings same government shutdown threats
By Leo Shane III
Dec 27, 08:28 AM
The Capitol in Washington, D.C., is seen Nov. 4, 2022.
Lawmakers will trigger a partial government shutdown unless they pass a new budget plan by Jan. 19. (Colin Demarest/C4ISRNET)

Congress will start 2024 in much the same way it spent most of 2023: staring down the possibility of a shutdown because of ongoing fights over the federal budget.

After passing a short-term budget extension in early November, lawmakers are again faced with the possibility of disruptions in military funding and government operations if they can’t come to an agreement over a full-year budget plan in the next few weeks. And their decisions in early January could cause problems for the fiscal 2025 budget before work on that spending plan even begins.

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