Government Shutdown 2024 March 8 2024. The senate passed a government funding package early saturday morning, averting a partial shutdown and ending a lengthy fight that has loomed over both sides of capitol hill for months. Congress voted to approve the previous stopgap funding measure with just hours left before the government was to shut down in march 2024.
So far, the parties haven’t agreed on a plan. The senate voted 75 to 22 on friday to approve a package of six spending bills that will fund a portion of the federal government through the end of the fiscal year.