Congress has until Jan. 30 to fund the remaining government agencies and programs following the longest government shutdown in history in November.

GAO found that continuing resolutions delay Pentagon acquisition programs, slowing contracts, production and spending.

Negotiators in both chambers of Congress have reached an agreement to fund every federal agency in fiscal 2026, with appropriators announcing a final deal on Tuesday, giving lawmakers 10 days to get the remaining bills to President Trump’s desk before a shutdown would occur.

Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are in crunch time. So far, Congress has passed six of the 12 appropriations bills needed to fund the government. The House last week passed an additional two-bill package known as a minibus that would fund the State Department and the Treasury Department.

A GAO report released today found that continuing resolutions and budget uncertainties create inefficiency in federal agencies. The study found numerous examples of reduced productivity due to CRs and shutdowns between 2009 and 2014. It cited delayed ...

The ubiquity of budgetary “continuing resolutions”—and, increasingly, short-term government shutdowns—has become a disaster for US national security. The United States unnecessarily wastes billions of dollars each year—money meant to protect ...