Congress approves funding bill hours before shutdown deadline, Biden expected to sign

US government shutdown averted hours before deadline

US Congress approved a stopgap funding bill Thursday in a rare show of cross-party unity to avert a crippling government shutdown, as Democratic leaders struggle to overcome fierce infighting over President Joe Biden's domestic agenda.

US government shutdown averted hours before deadline as Biden signs infra bill

US President Joe Biden signed the government funding bill on Thursday, just hours after congressional lawmakers rushed to pass the measure before the shutdown deadline. Hours ahead of the midnight deadline, the House of Representatives voted to keep the lights on for another two months with a resolution that had already advanced comfortably from the Senate, with opposition Republicans supporting the ruling Democrats in both chambers.  Biden sign…

US shutdown averted: Biden succeeds in last ditch attempt to keep government funded

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN signed into law a measure that will continue to keep the Government funded and prevent a federal shutdown after it passed through both houses in Congress.

U.S. Congress approves short-term spending bill as gov't shutdown deadline looms - People's Daily Online

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US government avoids shutdown

United States Congress has avoided a government shutdown by passing a spending bill which will fund the government until the beginning of December. Democrats want to raise the national debt ceiling to be able to take out more loans and the crunch would worsen. President Joe Biden’s major infrastructure plan still hangs in the balance and the issue of the debt ceiling has not been resolved. The plan is being pushed at the same time as Democrats t…

Biden signs measure to keep the government funded only hours before shutdown deadline

The continuing resolution will keep the government funded through December 3. It doesn't solve a debt-ceiling impasse that may lead the US to default.