{"id":34464,"date":"2019-02-11T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/02\/11\/this-week-in-congress-shutdown-shadow-looms-again\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:11:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:11:51","slug":"this-week-in-congress-shutdown-shadow-looms-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2019\/02\/11\/this-week-in-congress-shutdown-shadow-looms-again\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Congress: Another potential shutdown looms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Lawmakers have until Friday to reach an agreement on funding a host of federal agencies through the rest of fiscal 2019 \u2014 or trigger another government shutdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shutdown threat will loom over all congressional business this week, including a slate of defense budget posture hearings<\/a> which will occur even though the president\u2019s budget proposal won\u2019t be officially released for another month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Committees will also tackle the issue of military housing failures<\/a> after a series of reports late last year chronicled deficiencies at privatized buildings where military families are living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that work could all come to an abrupt standstill if a short-term budget deal isn\u2019t reached. Both the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have their full-year funding and would not be directly affected, but secondary effects from other agency shutdowns would repeat the same problems the public saw last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\t