[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/30/politics/government-shutdown-deadline-congress-votes/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/30/politics/government-shutdown-deadline-congress-votes/index.html) >"Government funding expires at midnight and Congress has not yet passed a stopgap funding bill to avert a shutdown, though Democratic leaders are on track to do so later Thursday."