SIX-MONTH CR PLANNED AS CONGRESS, ADMIN. AGREE TO DELAY BUDGET WORK

摘要

A Continuing Resolution will fund the federal government through the first six months of Fiscal Year 2013 thanks to an agreement reached between Congressional leaders and the White House this week, but it's not clear whether the stopgap funding measure will allow any exceptions for Department of Energy or National Nuclear Security Administration accounts. Pushing debate on critical funding issues beyond the November elections, the deal struck by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and President Obama provides a top-line funding level of $1.047 trillion, largely matching Fiscal Year 2012 spending levels established under the Budget Control Act. "This agreement reached between the Senate, the House and the White House provides stability for the coming months, when we will have to resolve critical issues that directly affect middle class families," Reid said in a statement. "The funding levels in the six-month CR will correspond to the top-line funding level of $1.047 trillion. I hope that we can face the challenges ahead in the same spirit of compromise."