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‘A Real Problem:’ Congress Is Running Out of Days to Avoid a Shutdown

“We have to move fast,” House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole said.

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Mark Schiefelbein/AP

By Riley Rogerson

September 15, 2025 05:35 a.m.

The government runs out of funding in less than 16 days, and Congress is scheduled to be in session for seven of them.

Lawmakers are starting to feel the time crunch.

“That’s a problem,” House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole told reporters Thursday of the limited session days before the funding deadline. “That’s a real problem. So we have to move fast.”