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submitted 9 months ago by breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

Congress on Thursday raced to send legislation to avert a partial government shutdown to President Biden, moving to fund federal agencies through early March one day before money was to run out.

Over the strenuous opposition of far-right Republicans, the House voted 314 to 108 to approve the stopgap funding just hours after the Senate provided overwhelming bipartisan backing for the measure in a 77-to-18 vote, allowing lawmakers to narrowly beat a Friday deadline.

“There will not be a shutdown on Friday,” Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, said. “Because both sides have worked together, the government will stay open. Services will not be disrupted. We will avoid a needless disaster.”

Passage of the bill affords lawmakers another six weeks to negotiate and pass a dozen spending bills totaling $1.66 trillion to fund the government through the fall, the level Democrats and Republicans agreed upon earlier this month. That plan would hold most federal spending steady while bolstering the military.

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[-] dhork@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

So, who's gonna be the next Speaker?

[-] assembly@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I just hope Ukraine funding got passed.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

Im with you and im all for funding the fight against putin but im a bit selfish in that I want our government funded. They should have insisted on a full 12 months of funding for our government as well as ukraine if they want the border tightening stuff.

[-] assembly@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

This whole budget thing only goes to the end of March or something which is insane. Like this is definitely becoming the norm where we end up in this same spot every few months and it’s getting worse. Pretty soon this is going to end up as a monthly battle of whether or not the US will pay its bills.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

yeah I have been using 2 months but apparently that is to generous.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago

Oh yeah if its for biden sure. We thought at first it was just to have a functioning country because then we would have said no. Don't you worry though we will keep it short term so that our debt gets a nice fat downgrade.

[-] kitedemon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure it just means that it goes to Biden next, not that they did it for Biden

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 0 points 9 months ago

yeah I was making fun of the title. I know they have been bad for many years but I swear they are getting worse.

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