#Biden signs bill to keep government funded and avoid shutdown

#Biden signs bill to keep government funded and avoid shutdown

President Biden on Saturday night signed a stopgap funding bill, avoiding a government shutdown right before the midnight deadline. The continuing resolution (CR), passed by both the House and Senate by wide margins earlier in the day, will continue funding the government at its current spending levels into mid-November. It includes $16 billion in disaster…

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#Fetterman: ‘I’m done normalizing this dysfunction’ 

#Fetterman: ‘I’m done normalizing this dysfunction’ 

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) expressed his frustration with the recent state of Congress in the wake of the Senate voting to approve a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded Saturday. “I voted at 8:30pm on a Saturday night, that’s my job,” Fetterman said in a statement “But the American people should never…

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#Watch live: Schumer gives remarks on stopgap funding bill

#Watch live: Schumer gives remarks on stopgap funding bill

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is slated to deliver remarks Saturday evening after the Senate passed a stopgap funding measure first approved by the House, with more Democratic support than Republican. The bill keeps the government funded until Nov. 17. It keeps the FAA funded through year’s end. The “clean” continuing resolution notably lacks any funding…

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