03/01/2024

Senate Approves Bill to Avert Government Shutdown

The bill was sent to President Biden for his signature

The Democratic-majority U.S. Senate on Thursday approved a short-term stopgap spending bill to avert a partial government shutdown, after the Republican-controlled House of Representatives backed it with less than 36 hours before funding would have begun to run out.

The bill, which passed the Senate in a bipartisan 77-13 vote, will next go to President Joe Biden's desk for signing into law. It will set deadlines to fund one part of the government by March 8 and the other portion by March 22.

In a statement, Biden said the passage was good news for Americans because it avoids a damaging shutdown, but added, "this is a short-term fix, not a long-term solution."

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