A brief government shutdown ended at 2:30 a.m. after the Michigan Senate finally released a continuing resolution to keep the state government running for the next 30 days while lawmakers continue to work on reaching an agreement on a final budget. The continuing resolution had actually been passed by the Senate last Friday, but they had not done what is called an “immediate effect” vote until nearly two hours after the midnight deadline had passed.
Shortly after midnight, the Senate went through a series of budget bills, including the continuing resolution, took the immediate effect vote and then had one member, Sen. Alan Cropsey, call for a motion to reconsider. That move froze the legislature’s action until it was released around 2 a.m., sending the bill to the governor for her signature just before 2:30 a.m. The state now has a 30-day reprieve during which time a bitterly divided legislature still must reach an agreement on a permanent budget for the next year.
Happy New Fiscal Year / Fuck Yeah Michigan
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