The House has passed a bill to fund the federal government through September 30, 2025. Will the Senate follow suit?
The House has passed a bill to fund the government through September 30, 2025, hoping to avoid a government shutdown—but will it be enough to keep the lights on?
The final vote was 217 to 213, with only one Republican, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, voting no and one Democrat, Jared Golden of Maine, voting yes. Two Representatives, Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Tim Moore (R-N.C.), did not vote. You can see how your Representative voted here.
The bill is styled as a Continuing Resolution or CR. Typically, discretionary spending for most federal agencies is funded annually. If Congress can’t agree on a spending bill by the start of the fiscal year (that was on October 1, 2024), they will approve temporary measures to fund government activities for a limited time—those are called CRs.Recent History
Congress did not agree on a full term spending bill last fall. Instead, on September 25, 2024, Congress passed a CR to extend funding through December 20, 2024. It was a short bill—just 21 pages long.
In December, after a contentious and critiqued vote, Congress punted again and voted to fund the government via a second CR through March 14, 2025.
Now, the deadline is again fast approaching. If the House and Senate can’t agree on a spending bill, the government will run out of money—meaning that funding for most federal agencies will end—on Friday, March 15, 2025.What’s In The Bill
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates the bill will cost $1.
