Critical federal cybersecurity funding set to resume as government shutdown draws to a close - for now

The US Senate voted on Sunday to advance a short-term funding bill for the federal government, moving the country closer to ending its longest-ever shutdown. Part of the spending bill also restores critical cybersecurity programs that lapsed as the shutdown began.  Nestled in the 94-page bill, which will now advance to the …

[Gary Stewart]

This is just one of the reasons I became an independent many years ago

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[Anonymous Coward]

Re: This is just one of the reasons I became an independent many years ago

Being sold out by a bunch out of touch *old men, many who are not up for reelection.

They might as well have just not have bothered … and let the GOP own THEIR budget.

Fuckwits ….. DACO (Democrats Always Chicken Out)… see Jan 2026.

I suppose on the plus side Mikey-boy has no excuse now not to swear in Adelita Grijalva and the Epstein Files can finally come out….

* with the honourable exception of Bernie ‘ fight Oligarchy’ Sanders..

[MachDiamond]

More kicking of the can.

There's still no budget coming out of this, only renegotiations surrounding the quantity and cuts of pork that will go into the stew.

That have one main job........

Will they do an inquiry about the skimpyness of gymnast's wardrobes next term? Revisit whether professional athletes are (still) taking performance enhancing drugs? What's a legal definition of a woman?

In the US, the Congress controls the purse strings. The President and Judges can't spend money on their own if it hasn't been appropriated/budgeted/approved. If Congress doesn't not pass a budget or, what's now usual, say to just carry on as before, we'll get to it, there's no money to spend.

[codejunky]

Not over yet

At least these CR bills are shorter than the 1500 page monster previously attempted. I wonder if the US can get away from using CR bills and back to normal budgets one day.

[MachDiamond]

Re: Not over yet

"At least these CR bills are shorter than the 1500 page monster previously attempted. "

It's an elephant and they need to look at it that way. You eat it one fork at a time. Some things should be easy enough to plan a few years in advance so they just flow into an annual budget without change during that time. Other stuff that's not essential should expire and require affirmative renewal each year (not eligible for CR) as a way to eliminate it automatically. If it can't be a part of a Continuing Resolution, the budget would be cut. CR's should also not be allowed to include any new spending outside of disaster relief.

[The man with a spanner]

Re: Not over yet

Its no way to run a fish stall !