The federal judiciary now projects it can sustain operations for up to three weeks in the event of a government shutdown, up a week from from its earlier estimate.
A spokesperson for the Administrative Office of the US Courts, the judiciary’s administrative arms, confirmed the revised projection on Wednesday as Congress faces down, yet again, the prospect of a government shutdown.
The court system had previously estimated in September, ahead of the most recent shutdown deadline, that it could operate for two more weeks if federal appropriations expired.
Current appropriations are set to expire on Nov. 18. Newly installed House ...
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