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I'm David Brancaccio. Congressional leaders have now unveiled legislation to fund parts of the federal government for the rest of the accounting year through the end of September.

Here's Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genser.

House and Senate leaders rolled out the first six spending bills for government agencies,

including the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce and Justice.

These agencies had been running on a stopgap funding bill that runs out on Friday.

There'll be a partial government shutdown starting Saturday if these measures aren't passed by then.

And some agencies are getting less money under these bills. Right, the EPA budget got a 10% reduction, the budgets of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms

and Explosives, and the FBI both got cuts of less than 10%.

There's additional funding for a nutrition program plus money for new air traffic controllers

and rail safety inspectors. The legislation also prevents sales of oil from the U.S.

Strategic Petroleum Reserve to China.

Right, and all of this needs to pass by Friday,

and it's just six spending bills.

I think they were 12 to deal with originally.

Yeah, that's the tricky part.

Congress has until March 22nd to fund the rest of the federal

government. That includes the Defense Department, Department of Homeland Security. Those

spending bills are expected to be more contentious.

So brace yourself for a bumpy ride, David.

All right, Nancy, thank you.

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