Archive · 21 Jan 2026
Congress Releases Funding Bill to Avoid Shutdown
Congress has made a big plan to keep the government running.
They made a very long document, 1,059 pages, to give money to important parts of the government like the military and health services.
This is to make sure the government doesn't stop working, which happened last fall and was the longest stoppage ever.
If this plan is approved, it will finish the work of giving money for the year that started a long time ago.
The deadline to do this is January 30.
Congressional negotiators released a 1,059-page funding bill to avert a government shutdown.
The bill includes funding for the Pentagon, Labor, Health and Human Services, and Homeland Security.
If passed, the bill would complete the House’s appropriations work for the fiscal year.
The deadline to pass the bill is January 30.
The bill aims to prevent a repeat of the longest government shutdown in US history that occurred last fall.
- Who
- Congressional negotiators from both parties
- What
- Released a 1,059-page funding bill to avert a government shutdown
- When
- Tuesday (specific date not mentioned)
- Where
- United States Congress
- Why
- To fully fund the US government and avoid a shutdown before the January 30 deadline
- Bill Length
- 1,059 pages
- Deadline
- January 30
- Departments Funded
- Pentagon, Labor, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security
- Fiscal Year Start
- Over four months ago
- Longest Government Shutdown
- Last fall