USDA releases shutdown plans
April 11, 2011 | 02:52 PM | Filed in: Budget
Although Congress reached agreement late Friday to avert a shutdown, the Agriculture Department Saturday released a contingency plan on what would happen if USDA had shut down.
The plan provides a guide to how the Obama administration would handle the situation if Congress fails to pass an appropriations bill covering the Agriculture Department in the future. The continuing resolution passed Friday night will be in effect until Thursday, and by that day Congress has pledged to pass a bill to fund the government through the 2011 fiscal year that ends on September 30. But battles over the 2012 budget and increasing the debt limit are expected in the next few months.
The plan provides a guide to how the Obama administration would handle the situation if Congress fails to pass an appropriations bill covering the Agriculture Department in the future. The continuing resolution passed Friday night will be in effect until Thursday, and by that day Congress has pledged to pass a bill to fund the government through the 2011 fiscal year that ends on September 30. But battles over the 2012 budget and increasing the debt limit are expected in the next few months.
