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

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/house-passes-bills-to-avert-a-government-shutdown-package-now-heads-to-the-senate/
- Published: 2024-03-25T09:45:52-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

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. […] Click here to view original web page at www.npr.org