Shutdown-ending CR funds shipbuilding but omits Columbia

By Nick Wilson / November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A stopgap spending measure that will fund the federal government through Jan. 30 contains about $1.1 billion in cost to complete funding for Navy shipbuilding accounts but lacks previously requested support for the service’s top-priority Columbia-class submarine program. The continuing resolution was signed into law Wednesday, ending a record-setting 43-day government shutdown, after a group of seven Senate Democrats and one independent voted with Republicans to advance the measure earlier this week. The CR provides about $510 million for the...

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