Senate Votes to Fund Government through Dec. 11

Senators passed a continuing resolution in an 84-10 vote on Sept. 30, hours before the federal government was due to shut down at midnight Oct. 1. The stopgap spending legislation keeps the federal government open through Dec. 11, pending President Donald J. Trump’s likely approval. A three-month CR would stymie the Space Force’s growth as a separate military branch, push back production of the E-11A Battlefield Airborne Communications Node jet, and delay Space Force construction projects, according to the Department of the Air Force. Read more ►