Forward from: We The Media
JUST IN: Joe Biden signed the stopgap funding bill into law Saturday morning, according to an update from the White House.
The Senate passed the bill not long after midnight — technically after the funding deadline, but nevertheless averting a shutdown that would have had widespread impacts. The House passed the bill Friday evening.
The legislation extends government funding into March and provides disaster relief and farm aid, but does not include a suspension of the debt limit, which President-elect Donald Trump had demanded Republicans address.
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The Senate passed the bill not long after midnight — technically after the funding deadline, but nevertheless averting a shutdown that would have had widespread impacts. The House passed the bill Friday evening.
The legislation extends government funding into March and provides disaster relief and farm aid, but does not include a suspension of the debt limit, which President-elect Donald Trump had demanded Republicans address.
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