Disaster relief could complicate short-term funding measure

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Source: The Washington Post

House Republicans late Wednesday introduced a short-term funding measure to keep the government running through mid-November that appears designed to avoid the threat of a bitter partisan battle that would threaten a shutdown.

But an ongoing dispute over disaster relief funding could complicate efforts for the measure’s easy passage in the Democratic-held Senate.

The continuing resolution is necessary because the House and Senate have failed to come to agreement on a series of 12 measures that appropriate dollars for different areas of the government when the fiscal year ends Sept. 30.

The bill would provide dollars to keep the government open until Nov. 18 and is intended to allow agencies to keep functioning as the House and Senate continue negotiations over spending for the remainder of 2012 fiscal year.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/disaster-relief-could-complicate-short-term-funding-measure/2011/09/14/gIQAd6s5SK_story.html

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