The latest shutdown developments
"While the current Continuing Resolution (CR) expires at midnight tonight, Congress has indicated that it has reached agreement on a funding bill for the rest of the fiscal year. Earlier this evening, the Senate passed a short term CR that will extend current funding levels until the full-year bill can be passed and enacted next week. We expect the House to take up the CR shortly and for the President to sign this CR no later than tomorrow. As a result, at this time agencies are instructed to continue their normal operations," Lew wrote.
12:28 a.m. ET - A senior White House official told CNN White House Correspondent Dan Lothian that President Obama is expected to sign the short term continuing resolution into law sometime Saturday.
12:23 a.m. ET - Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew in a memo told federal agencies to "continue their normal operations."
"While the current Continuing Resolution (CR) expires at midnight tonight, Congress has indicated that it has reached agreement on a funding bill for the rest of the fiscal year. Earlier this evening, the Senate passed a short term CR that will extend current funding levels until the full-year bill can be passed and enacted next week. We expect the House to take up the CR shortly and for the President to sign this CR no later than tomorrow. As a result, at this time agencies are instructed to continue their normal operations," Lew wrote.
12:14 a.m. ET – @deirdrewalshcnn: House voting now on stopgap bill funding government until Friday 4/15 – #shutdown averted
12:03 a.m. ET - @LisaDCNN: Technically, WE ARE IN #SHUTDOWN: for just a few minutes. Until House vote magically erases it.
11:58 p.m. ET – @LisaDCNN: 2 minutes to #shutdown, House still not back in session. #arrgh
11:49 p.m. ET - From CNN White House Correspondent Dan Lothian: A senior administration official sais this is a "very good night for the country."
Asked "Why didn't they wage a battle early on?" the officials responded "We did things in the interest of having a night like tonight".
The official said that means cutting spending, keeping investments for the future and not giving in to demands on social issues.
A second senior official told reporters "Every time it (the negotiations) got bogged down the president would pick up the phone" and push both sides.
The president made it clear, this official said, that "he did not want this to become a family planning bill. He wanted this to be a spending bill."
11:34 p.m. ET - @LisaDCNN: CONFIRMED: Sen. Rand Paul voted 'no' to Senate CR. In statement, said the bill does not fix spending and debt problems. #tcot #p2 #teaparty
Paul entered a statement into the Senate record explaining his vote: "Mr. President, I voted against this short-term continuing resolution for the same reason I voted against the last one and the one before that – because it does not set us on a path to fixing the spending and debt problems our country is facing. As I have said before, there is not much of a difference between a $1.5 trillion deficit and a $1.6 trillion deficit – both will lead us to a debt crisis that we may not recover from. "
11:27 p.m. ET - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi released a statement Friday night: “President Obama and Leader Reid should be commended for their leadership and perseverance to keep the government open. House Democrats look forward to reviewing the components of the final funding measure. The American people’s top priority is creating jobs, and we will continue to measure every proposal by whether it creates jobs, strengthens the middle class and responsibly reduces the deficit.”
11:18 p.m. ET - The Senate has passed a short-term budget deal that will keep the government funded through next Thursday.
The measure still has to be approved by the House of Representatives.
11:17 p.m. ET - @LisaDCNN: MEANWHILE, House mems told to standby for a vote there, @deirdrewalshcnn has learned. GOP whip McCarthy: We hope to meet the deadline.
11:13 p.m. ET - McConnell returned the thank you to Reid but added that this is "just the beginning of what we need to do to get our fiscal house in order."
11:10 p.m. ET - Reid read the joint statement on the Senate floor and thanked Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his work during the process.
"While the current Continuing Resolution (CR) expires at midnight tonight, Congress has indicated that it has reached agreement on a funding bill for the rest of the fiscal year. Earlier this evening, the Senate passed a short term CR that will extend current funding levels until the full-year bill can be passed and enacted next week. We expect the House to take up the CR shortly and for the President to sign this CR no later than tomorrow. As a result, at this time agencies are instructed to continue their normal operations," Lew wrote.
12:37 a.m. ET - The House approved a short-funding extension 348-70.
12:28 a.m. ET - A senior White House official told CNN White House Correspondent Dan Lothian that President Obama is expected to sign the short term continuing resolution into law sometime Saturday.
12:23 a.m. ET - Office of Management and Budget Director Jack Lew in a memo told federal agencies to "continue their normal operations."
"While the current Continuing Resolution (CR) expires at midnight tonight, Congress has indicated that it has reached agreement on a funding bill for the rest of the fiscal year. Earlier this evening, the Senate passed a short term CR that will extend current funding levels until the full-year bill can be passed and enacted next week. We expect the House to take up the CR shortly and for the President to sign this CR no later than tomorrow. As a result, at this time agencies are instructed to continue their normal operations," Lew wrote.
12:14 a.m. ET – @deirdrewalshcnn: House voting now on stopgap bill funding government until Friday 4/15 – #shutdown averted
12:03 a.m. ET - @LisaDCNN: Technically, WE ARE IN #SHUTDOWN: for just a few minutes. Until House vote magically erases it.
11:58 p.m. ET – @LisaDCNN: 2 minutes to #shutdown, House still not back in session. #arrgh
11:49 p.m. ET - From CNN White House Correspondent Dan Lothian: A senior administration official sais this is a "very good night for the country."
Asked "Why didn't they wage a battle early on?" the officials responded "We did things in the interest of having a night like tonight".
The official said that means cutting spending, keeping investments for the future and not giving in to demands on social issues.
A second senior official told reporters "Every time it (the negotiations) got bogged down the president would pick up the phone" and push both sides.
The president made it clear, this official said, that "he did not want this to become a family planning bill. He wanted this to be a spending bill."
11:34 p.m. ET - @LisaDCNN: CONFIRMED: Sen. Rand Paul voted 'no' to Senate CR. In statement, said the bill does not fix spending and debt problems. #tcot #p2 #teaparty
Paul entered a statement into the Senate record explaining his vote: "Mr. President, I voted against this short-term continuing resolution for the same reason I voted against the last one and the one before that – because it does not set us on a path to fixing the spending and debt problems our country is facing. As I have said before, there is not much of a difference between a $1.5 trillion deficit and a $1.6 trillion deficit – both will lead us to a debt crisis that we may not recover from. "
11:27 p.m. ET - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi released a statement Friday night: “President Obama and Leader Reid should be commended for their leadership and perseverance to keep the government open. House Democrats look forward to reviewing the components of the final funding measure. The American people’s top priority is creating jobs, and we will continue to measure every proposal by whether it creates jobs, strengthens the middle class and responsibly reduces the deficit.”
11:18 p.m. ET - The Senate has passed a short-term budget deal that will keep the government funded through next Thursday.
The measure still has to be approved by the House of Representatives.
11:17 p.m. ET - @LisaDCNN: MEANWHILE, House mems told to standby for a vote there, @deirdrewalshcnn has learned. GOP whip McCarthy: We hope to meet the deadline.
11:13 p.m. ET - McConnell returned the thank you to Reid but added that this is "just the beginning of what we need to do to get our fiscal house in order."
11:10 p.m. ET - Reid read the joint statement on the Senate floor and thanked Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his work during the process.
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