{"id":46395,"date":"2019-11-21T18:38:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T18:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/21\/thanksgiving-government-shutdown-averted-but-now-a-december-shutdown-looms\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:08:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:08:52","slug":"thanksgiving-government-shutdown-averted-but-now-a-december-shutdown-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/budget\/2019\/11\/21\/thanksgiving-government-shutdown-averted-but-now-a-december-shutdown-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress passes deal to avert Thanksgiving government shutdown, but December shutdown looms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Senate lawmakers on Thursday took another step toward erasing the threat of a government shutdown <\/a>over the Thanksgiving holiday by passing a four-week budget extension, raising the possibility of a Christmas shutdown instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move came over continued objections from some defense lawmakers who warned the short-term budget deals jeopardize military planning by keeping Pentagon funding stuck<\/a> at last fiscal year\u2019s levels and adding future uncertainty into long-range procurement plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But House lawmakers<\/a> advanced the deal by a 231-192 vote on Wednesday and the Senate by a 74-20 vote a day later, noting that without the one-month reprieve federal workers would have faced furloughs and program halts starting Friday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Donald Trump has indicated he will sign the measure into law later in the day, meaning the new budget extension would run out on Dec. 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\t