Jason Levine on Nostr: This week's looming government shutdown is causing a super-frustrating inaccuracy in ...
This week's looming government shutdown is causing a super-frustrating inaccuracy in so many news reports — many are reporting a deadline of Friday night, but that's not true, it's MIDNIGHT ON FRIDAY — meaning overnight between Thursday and Friday.
The September 30th continuing resolution explicitly expires at midnight on November 17th; see section 106:
https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr5860/BILLS-118hr5860cph.pdf
And honestly, it's weird how many reporters are getting this wrong! CNN is one example:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/13/politics/mike-johnson-shutdown-house-gop-government-budget/index.html
The September 30th continuing resolution explicitly expires at midnight on November 17th; see section 106:
https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr5860/BILLS-118hr5860cph.pdf
And honestly, it's weird how many reporters are getting this wrong! CNN is one example:
https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/13/politics/mike-johnson-shutdown-house-gop-government-budget/index.html