By Mark Valentini, Director of Legislative Affairs

House and Senate leaders moved expeditiously to move a continuing budget resolution (CR) through Congress that keeps the government open through the end of winter as contentious political issues continue to be hashed out between House Republican leaders and the conservative Freedom Caucus.

The agreement is identical to the two-tiered CR that kept the U.S. government open through the new year. Under the new agreement signed by President Biden last week, the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Transportation, and Veterans Affairs will be funded until March 1, and remaining agencies will be funded until March 8. An agreement to fund the government through the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 could not be reached as Freedom Caucus leadership would not support it without substantial budget cuts and immigration reforms that would not pass the Senate. . . Click HERE to read full article.