🧵 1. Congress returns with little time left to avoid gov. shutdown and fund disaster response after summer break. Clock is ticking. #politics
🧵 1. Congress returns with little time left to avoid gov. shutdown and fund disaster response after summer break. Clock is ticking. #politics
🧵 2. U.S. gov. will shut down if spending legislation isn't passed by Sept. 30. Senate is back, but House returns on Sept. 12. Deadline looms.
🧵 3. White House urges Congress to pass short-term funding to avoid shutdown. Leaders, Schumer and McCarthy, agree on continuing resolution.
🧵 4. Continuing resolution is a temporary fix, sets up potential shutdown if long-term spending bills fail. House has only passed one bill so far.
🧵 5. McCarthy supports continuing resolution to keep gov. running, warns that investigations into Biden admin will stop if shutdown occurs.
🧵 Read more at: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/05/congress-returns-with-the-clock-ticking-to-avert-government-shutdown.html
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