(Editor's Note: This story was updated to reflect that both chambers of Congress passed the FY-17 continuing resolution.) House and Senate lawmakers on Wednesday passed a measure authorizing a short-term, stopgap spending measure, or continuing resolution, to keep the federal government operating through Dec. 9. The three-month CR package includes $1.1 trillion in discretionary funding and an Overseas Contingency Operations account of $74.1 billion. President Obama subsequently signed the bill into law on Sept. 29. The proposed measure provides...
