<span class="ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter">W</span>hite House press secretary <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/karine-jean-pierre" target="_blank">Karine Jean-Pierre</a> held the first press briefing on Monday since Congress averted a government shutdown over the weekend.


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Congress narrowly avoided a <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/government-shutdown" target="_blank">government shutdown&nbsp;</a>on Saturday night, mere hours before their <a class="Link" href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/house-republicans-voted-against-mccarthy-stop-gap-plan" target="_blank">midnight deadline</a>, by signing a continuing resolution that keeps the government funded for another 45 days. Congress now has until Nov. 17, 2023, to pass its annual appropriations bills to renew funding for the next fiscal year.

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