House lawmakers ended their week on Thursday afternoon after leaders called off votes scheduled for Friday.
Unless members have caucus or committee work to attend to, they are largely not expected back on Capitol Hill until Feb. 28 – two days before the March 1 deadline to fund some government agencies.
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The remaining agencies must be funded by March 8.
“We think we’re going to meet the deadlines,” House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Wednesday when asked about the appropriations process.
He previously passed two short-term extensions of the previous year’s government funding agreement, known as continuing resolutions. Congress has passed three overall to keep the government open past the original Sept. 30 fiscal year deadline.
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