Statement by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney on House Passage of the Three-Week Continuing Resolution

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 15, 2011.  

The short-term funding bill passed in the House of Representatives today gives Congress some breathing room to find consensus on a long-term measure that funds the government through the end of the fiscal year.  The President urges the Senate to pass this bill to avoid a government shutdown that would be harmful to our economic recovery.  But the President has been clear: with the wide range of issues facing our…