Congress Passes Stopgap Spending Bill Covering Non-Defense Programs
As Congress neared its pre-election adjournment with most fiscal 2007 appropriations measures unfinished,lawmakers approved a measure to keep non-defense programs, including nearly all federal construction accounts, operating until Nov. 17.
Without some sort of stopgap, funding for most federal agencies would run out on Oct. 1, the first day of fiscal 20007. Congress planned to return in mid-November for a lame-duck session to attempt to finish at least some of the many bills still pending.