Biden averts gov shutdown via bill through March 11
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To avoid a government shutdown on Friday midnight, President Biden signs into law a bill that would fund the federal government until March 11.
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US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office, the White House, Washington D
US President Joe Biden signed into law an act to avert a government shutdown at least until March 11, the White House said Friday.
Biden signed HR 6617 into law, also known as the "Further Additional Extending Government Funding Act," providing the fiscal year 2022 appropriations to Federal agencies through March 11, allowing the Federal Government to continue its projects ad activities.
Federal spending would have expired at midnight Friday; however, the Senate approved the stopgap spending bill on Thursday.
The legislative body had voted last week to approve the measure with approval from Democrats and Republicans. Subsequently, the bill passed in the Senate by a tally of 65 to 27.
Demands from Senate Republicans and absences from Democrats complicated the effort to reach a final vote, kicking the can until the funding deadline of February 18.
Leaders from both parties worked to dodge the bill getting foiled, which would have led to a government shutdown, eventually voting to pass the measure, with the White House expressing some level of confidence in the stopgap bill's signing.
