CQ Roll Call budget reporter Aris Folley talks about the House’s passage of the continuing resolution this week and the chamber’s shortened schedule heading into the fall midterms. [Related: Funding extension clears House, avoiding shutdown threat]

The House on Tuesday passed a measure to extend government funding into December, averting a shutdown in the final stretch of the midterm campaign.

Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-S.C., departs the Capitol on Thursday with a copy of today’s Roll Call print edition. [Related: House plans quick September exit]