Congress failed to pass a four-bill spending package (“minibus”) that included the FY19 Transportation-HUD (THUD) and Agriculture spending bills, instead passing a stopgap funding measure running through December 7. The House and Senate were unable to finalize several of the bills’ provisions before the end of the fiscal year on September 30, forcing them to pass a temporary funding measure to prevent a partial government shutdown. The temporary funding bill – known as a continuing resolution – was attached to the Labor-HHS-Education-Defense minibus, which had already been negotiated.