[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 208 (Thursday, December 2, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S8904]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                           Government Funding

  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I am pleased to announce that an 
agreement has been reached between Democrats and Republicans that will 
allow the Senate to take up and pass the continuing resolution to fund 
the government through February 18. With this agreement, there will be 
no government shutdown, and I appreciate the work of my colleagues from 
both sides of the aisle, including Leader McConnell, to reach this 
point. The good, bipartisan work that produced this agreement will give 
appropriators in both parties and in both Chambers time to reach a 
comprehensive agreement on appropriations by February 18 of next year.
  I am glad that, in the end, cooler heads prevailed. The government 
will stay open. I thank the Members of this Chamber for walking us back 
from the brink of an avoidable, needless, and costly shutdown.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for 
the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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