Congress Government Funding

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., left, and Sen.Tom Carper, D-Del., arrive to vote on an appropriations bill that funds the government through Feb. 18, 2022, and avoids a short-term shutdown after midnight Friday, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. A quick passage of the measure in the Senate had been in doubt because of a fight over President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)