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- Dec 11, 202675% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Government Funding Runs Out Again on December 11
- The three-month continuing resolution Congress passed in September runs out on 11 December 2026, deliberately set after the November midterm elections[1]
- By that date lawmakers must enact the twelve fiscal 2027 appropriations bills or pass another stopgap, or the agencies they cover lapse into a funding gap[2]
- The bill that set the deadline is H.R. 6500, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2027, signed on 2 September 2026[4]
- A lapse would be the fourth since October 2025, after the record 43-day shutdown and the two partial ones that closed half the government and then DHS for 76 days[3]
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- [1]75%thecentersquare.com/national/article_37b8ecb5-72b4-46a2-a1ff-e48a6b3e4348.htmlthecentersquare.com· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts Dec 11, 2026 ✓· 25% of score
H.R. 6500 funds federal agencies through 11 December 2026, so the continuing resolution expires at the end of that day.
- [2]90%Appropriations Watch: FY 2027 (CRFB)crfb.org· Added Sep 21, 2026· 25% of score
Tracks each of the twelve bills against the 11 December deadline and states what happens if none is enacted.[1]
- [3]85%Government Shutdowns Q&A: Everything You Should Know (CRFB)crfb.org· Added Sep 21, 2026· 25% of score
Explains what lapses and what keeps running when a deadline passes without appropriations.[1]
- [4]95%Congressional Bill H.R. 6500 Signed into Law (The White House)whitehouse.gov· Published Sep 2, 2026· 24% of score
The primary source for the 11 December 2026 expiry: the act provides appropriations through that date.[1]
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