Senate passes short-term spending

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate passed a short-term funding measure - Continuing Resolution (CR) - to ward off a potential government shutdown. The measure was sent to the President only days before the end of FY 2019 at midnight on Sept. 30. The stopgap legislation that passed the House last week would keep the government open through Nov. 21 while lawmakers try to pass new annual-spending legislation for FY-20. A White House official said the President intends to sign the CR by Oct. 1, but an exact timing was unclear. The measure also extends a number of health-care programs and other expiring measures, including the National Flood Insurance Program. (Source: Wall Street Journal 09/26/19) https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-passes-short-term-spending-measure-11569518324