Another Round of Stopgap Funding to Avoid Government Shutdown

The House of Representative on March 15, 2011 passed a measure by 271-158 votes (54 Republicans opposed the bill as they complained that there was not enough spending cuts) that would fund the government for three more weeks (until April 8, 2011) as hectic negotiation would be rolling out in the Capitol and White House to come up with a final spending plan for the Fiscal 2011 that ends September 30. The House measure cuts spending $6 billion over the next three weeks.

The Senate voted on the measure on March 16. The vote was 87-13, with 9 Republicans joining 4 Democrats in voting down the measure.