President Biden signed a stopgap funding bill to reopen the government through March, leaving thorny questions about the nation's finances to the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump.
The bloated, 1,500-page funding proposal exploded earlier this week, with Trump and his ally Elon Musk demanding that it be simplified.
The parties were able to put together a stopgap bill Friday night, and it passed the Senate early Saturday morning.
The package funds the government at current levels through March 14, 2025, and includes $100 billion in hurricane relief funds and $10 billion in aid to farmers.
The stopgap funding is only available until March, and there will almost certainly be a clash between President Trump and Republican spending hawks when Congress reconvenes in January.
“The bipartisan funding bill I signed will keep our government functioning and provide the urgently needed disaster relief and rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that I requested for our recovering communities,” Biden said. It will provide funding.” stated in a statementAfter signing the contract.
