CR to Keep FCC, FTC and Other Agencies Open Thru Feb. 2 Inches Closer
Congress inched closer Tuesday night and Wednesday to enacting a continuing resolution to fund the FCC, FTC, NTIA and other Commerce Department agencies at FY 2023 levels through Feb. 2 (HR-6363), which would avert a government shutdown threatened for Friday…
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night. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., filed cloture Wednesday on the motion to proceed to HR-6363, potentially setting up votes on the measure before a shutdown would begin. The House voted 336-95 to approve HR-6363, clearing the two-thirds majority needed to pass it under suspension of the rules (see 2311140073).