U.S. Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert federal shutdown before election
The 90-6 vote funds agencies at current levels and includes bipartisan concessions on hemp rules, grants and Border Patrol money.
- On Saturday, the Senate approved a short-term funding measure by a 90-6 vote to fund federal agencies through Dec. 11, averting a potentially chaotic government shutdown during campaign season.
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune prioritized the deal nearly two months before the Sept. 30 fiscal deadline to allow senators a five-week recess for reelection campaigns, still recovering from two historic shutdowns this past year.
- Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Democrats negotiated provisions blocking new grant regulations opposed by nearly 500,000 public commenters, while also preventing Border Patrol transfers and rejecting the White House's $1 billion battleship request.
- Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer attacked the battleship proposal, saying "The only person who wants these golden ships is Donald Trump so he can slap his name on them," while the White House Office of Management and Budget defended its grant review as improving accountability.
- The bill retains a one-month delay on intoxicating hemp products despite Senator Ted Budd's unsuccessful effort to strip it, citing a nearly 10-fold increase in cannabis emergency room visits by minors since 2017; the House must approve when members return from recess.
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US Senate approves funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election
The US Senate approved a short-term funding measure to avoid a government shutdown. This action occurred nearly two months before the fiscal year deadline. Democrats secured language to prevent Border Patrol funding transfers. A one-month delay was enacted for a ban on intoxicating hemp products. New regulations on federal grants were also blocked for the funding patch duration.
U.S. Senate passes short-term funding bill to avert federal shutdown before election
The Republican-led U.S. Senate passed a temporary measure to fund federal agencies through December 11 on Saturday, in a move intended to avert a crippling federal government shutdown weeks before the November midterm elections.
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