Meanings of stopgap funding in English

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding measure on Thursday.

Public expenditures this year have so far been financed by stopgap funding measures.

Instead, the government has been running on a series of short-term, stopgap funding measures.

Conservatives in Congress want to include that money in the stopgap funding bill this week.

Congress in coming days is expected to weigh another stopgap funding bill, needed by Feb. 8.

But that estimate was made obsolete by a shutdown-averting stopgap funding bill Congress approved earlier this month.

The measure would be the fourth stopgap funding bill, known as a continuing resolution, in the current fiscal year.

Alternatively, Congress could pass another stopgap funding bill to give conferees a little more time to work out a deal.

But some Democrats have said they want higher spending and would oppose a stopgap funding bill at the post-sequester amount.

But it was unclear whether a deal, even for a few extra days of stopgap funding, could be struck in time.

Instead, House Republicans unveiled a stopgap funding measure on Thursday that includes an extension of the surveillance law until Jan. 19.

Funding for federal agencies ran out at midnight on Friday in Washington after lawmakers failed to agree on a stopgap funding bill.

Trust was further undermined when Trump appeared to criticize a House stopgap funding bill that the White House hours earlier said he supported.

Congressional members sparred on Friday over proposals to authorize stopgap funding until mid-February -the fourth such temporary measure since October, if it happens.

A year ago, a record-long 35-day government shutdown of many federal operations occurred when Congress failed to approve spending bills and stopgap funding expired.

Congress then quickly approved a stopgap funding measure to keep the federal government running into next week until the budget agreement can be formally approved.