{"id":23108,"date":"2019-11-08T20:07:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T20:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/11\/08\/are-feds-in-danger-of-another-holiday-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:57:27","slug":"are-feds-in-danger-of-another-holiday-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/budget\/2019\/11\/08\/are-feds-in-danger-of-another-holiday-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Are feds in danger of another holiday shutdown?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The longest shutdown in U.S. history \u2014 spanning from late December 2018 to January 2019 \u2014 left many experts and members of Congress questioning whether legislators or the White House would once again have the stomach to threaten another shutdown for fiscal year 2020 if certain provisions are not met.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Congress looks set to come up against another FY20 funding deadline without clear consensus on what a full government spending package should look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late September, the House and Senate pushed the usual Sept. 30 deadline<\/a> for government spending legislation to Nov. 21, temporarily funding all government agencies under the same spending levels that they had in FY19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But members of Congress have appeared increasingly doubtful that a spending agreement could be reached before the Thanksgiving recess, with Democrats and Republicans seeming likely to come to an agreement<\/a> that another continuing resolution would reach into late December.<\/p>\n\n\n\t