Biden signs spending bill that averts government shutdown

9/30/22

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from NPR,
9/30/22:

President Biden has signed an interim funding bill to tide federal agencies over until mid-December.

The House passed the measure Friday by a vote of 230-201, with ten Republicans joining all Democrats in voting to keep the government open. The Senate had approved it on Thursday. Government spending power would have ended and required a shutdown on Saturday morning.

The continuing resolution maintains current levels of spending and extends funding through Dec. 16, giving both chambers extra time to hammer out details for a broader budget deal.

“This is common sense, bipartisan legislation,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the floor Thursday.

Although House Republican leaders opposed the bill, the measure still easily passed because of Democrats’ simple majority.

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