Government Shutdown 2024 January Jones. When would the government shut down? Washington — president biden signed a funding bill to avert a prolonged government shutdown into law on saturday, ending a turbulent.

Congress has until midnight friday to come up with a way to fund the government or federal agencies will shut down, meaning hundreds of thousands of federal employees could be sent home — or stay on the job without pay — just ahead of the holidays. Est today at 12:04 p.m.