HR 6617 Passed in House – FY 2022 CR

This afternoon, the House passed HR 6617, the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act by a moderately bipartisan vote of 272 to 162. The bill will extend the current level of government spending through March 11^th, 2021. The bill will probably be taken up later this week. The current spending authorization expires February 18^th, 2022. The House took up the bill this week because they are scheduled to be working remotely next week.