Congress to Adjourn for Upcoming Election: Post-Election Lame Duck Session Likely | At the moment, Congress is in the midst of an impasse to enact a funding resolution to provide monies to keep the federal government running - and avoid a government shutdown - after the current funding expires at the end of the fiscal year, which is this coming Friday, September 30. Initially, it appeared that Congress would pass a "clean" short-term funding bill to fund the government until mid-December, however now it appears there is a logjam with an attempt to add a number of other provisions to this short-term funding measure....