Biden signs spending bill that averts government shutdown
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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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