Congress needs to pass 12 funding bills in 11 days to avert a shutdown – here’s why that isn’t likely

Photo caption: A shutdown last happened in 2018. Could it happen again? Photo credit:  Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP / Getty Images. Article by Raymond Scheppach. The Conversation – September 5, 2023.

U.S. senators and representatives returning from their summer vacations will need to shake off their suntans in quick time and get down to business. Congress has just 11 days when it’s in session before the next federal fiscal year begins on Oct. 1, 2023. And in that time, it will need to enact all 12 appropriation bills to ensure that government agencies and departments have funding to keep programs going – or face a potential government shutdown. […]

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