Continuing resolution may set agency funding at 2014 levels

Hoyer, the House democratic whip, said chairman Harold Rogers, R-Kent., and ranking member Nita Lowey, D-N.Y. had talks about a continuing resolution in line with budget agreement passed in Dec. 2013. He also said that Congress may pass a continuing resolution before the end of the month in order to cut short the current legislative session.

“We will see whether that’s the case,” Hoyer said.

A Republican congressional staffer said they expect a continuing resolution to be set at 2014 levels and that it will probably run into December.

Congress needs to pass appropriations legislation before the end of September to avoid a government shutdown. In Oct, 2013, the government shut down from Oct. 1 to Oct. 16 before Congress was able to pass funding legislation.