The White House is asking Congress to avert a government shutdown next month by passing a stopgap continuing resolution that would run through mid-December and include nearly $2 billion to procure two Virginia-class submarines, according to the Office of Management and Budget. The request for CR “anomalies” obtained by Inside Defense states that “language is needed” to appropriate $1.95 billion to the Navy’s shipbuilding account for “expenses necessary for procurement of two Virginia-class submarines.” “Without the anomaly, DOD would...