The House "voted to extend spending cuts that went into effect on March 1 and keep the
government operating for the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30,"
the Wall Street Journal reports.

"The legislation is necessary to keep the federal government open after current funding
runs out on March 27. It would keep in place automatic spending cuts known as the sequester
for all federal agencies, while giving the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments more flexibility
in setting spending priorities."

Roll Call reports the "continuing resolution that will come out of the Senate will almost
certainly be a larger and more complicated measure than the stopgap funding measure the
House coped with this week."

Quoted from Box A Rox

The House "voted to extend spending cuts that went into effect on March 1 and keep the
government operating for the remainder of the fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30,"


"The legislation is necessary to keep the federal government open after current funding
runs out on March 27.

How exactly does a spending cut extension fund the government?

That makes no sense.

You have to spend money to fund things.