
Dear Research Advocate, On the Hill: Major deadlines (end of fiscal year, hitting the debt limit) and conflicting policy priorities (reconciliation and infrastructure bills) have triggered a frenetic atmosphere in Congress, leaving actions needed to address major national challenges very much up in the air. Today, both chambers passed a stopgap spending bill (“Continuing Resolution” or CR) flat-funding the government through early December; the measure is headed to the President’s desk to be signed before midnight. Here is an editable Tweet thanking Congressional leaders for preventing a government shutdown but urging them to act; not wait for the CR to expire before finalizing FY22...