Earlier this afternoon, the Senate approved by voice vote a one-week continuing resolution (CR), which, if signed by the President, would keep the government funded through next Friday. The current CR expires at midnight tonight.
The extension is designed to buy some more time for negotiators to come an agreement on the FY2021 spending package and possibly on another COVID relief bill. The extra week also gives Congress time to potentially vote to override a promised-veto on next year’s defense authorization legislation.