BGOV OnPoint: Stopgap, Shutdown Chaos Unsettles Contractor Plans

December 20, 2024, 5:14 PM UTC

House Republican leadership is weighing options for a stopgap funding measure that would win enough support in both chambers and from President Joe Biden. Neither of two attempts by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) earlier this week succeeded.

A lapse in government funding starting at midnight would halt most work at agencies and by contractors, but a continuing resolution wouldn’t necessarily ease concerns for vendors eyeing predictable cash flow sometime during fiscal 2025.

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