President Biden on Friday signed a funding package agreed to by Congressional leaders and passed by both houses of Congress, averting another government shutdown.
Biden signs funding bill HR7463, entitled “Extension of the Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act of 2024,” extending the March 1st funding deadline for the first round of appropriations bills by one week and ending March 8th. It is scheduled to be postponed to.
The bills will be sent to the House and Senate for a vote next week.
Senate passes short-term funding bill to avoid partial government shutdown
President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House on Friday, March 1, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The funding bill also extends the deadline for the second bill to March 22nd.
But the second group of spending measures still needs to be finalized and agreed upon before they can go to a vote.
President Joe Biden speaks during a visit to the southern border in Brownsville, Texas, as Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas looks on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“We all agree that Congress must work bipartisanly to fund the government,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and Senate Majority Leader. Chuck SchumerSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D.N.Y.) are joined by House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas). State and House of Representatives) in a joint statement on Wednesday. Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-Maine) ).
From left to right: House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D.N.Y.), and Hakeem Jeffrey. Minority Leader of the House of Representatives (DN.Y.) (Getty Images)
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The interim bill is the fourth measure enacted to avert a government shutdown since the original spending bill’s September 30 deadline.
