Congress delays the inevitable a little more than a week from partial shutdown

With so much work on full-year appropriations bills remaining, a short-term funding extension is the consensus solution to the looming deadline.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the top House Democratic negotiator, called a partial shutdown dangerous for federal workers and American families. Photo by Andrew Harnik/AP

The government is set to partially shut down a week from tomorrow.

Despite efforts to urgently codify the deal Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson