Biden signs a $1.2 trillion funding package, averting a partial government shutdown

Photo caption: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks about the spending package during a news conference on March 20. […] Photo credit: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images. Article by Barbara Sprunt, Deirdre Walsh. NPR – updated March 23, 2024.

President Biden signed a $1.2 trillion funding package that the Senate approved in the early hours Saturday morning to prevent a partial government shutdown. The House passed the bills on Friday. The package, approved on a Senate vote of 74-24, funds the federal government until the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. […]

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