FILED 15 OCT 2026 · 16:00 ET HOUSE: IN SESSION SENATE: IN SESSION FOMC: NEXT 28 OCT INDEPENDENT · NO GOVERNMENT FUNDING
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Budget & Taxes

Appropriations, shutdown deadlines, the deficit, the debt limit, tax law and the IRS. How federal money is authorized, spent and borrowed.

5 filesLast filed 15 OCT
Upcoming deadlines
12 NOVMonthly Treasury Statement (October)
11 DECStopgap funding expires (H.R. 6500)
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File 26-0012Shutdown WatchDeadline 11 DEC

December 11: Congress bought time past the midterms. Now what?

The government runs on a 72-day stopgap that expires December 11. None of the 12 spending bills is law, the Senate has not reported one, and a lame-duck Congress will decide what happens next.

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