Senate Passes Govt Funding Bill With Hours To Spare

NBC News reports:

The Senate voted 75-22 on Friday to pass a major government funding bill to keep a slew of agencies afloat through September, defusing fears of a partial shutdown and sending the legislation to President Joe Biden to become law.

The 1,050-page measure is a collection of six appropriations bills negotiated by Schumer, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Biden and top appropriators in both parties and chambers.

It funds the departments of Justice, Commerce, Agriculture, Transportation and many other parts of the government, after leaders split federal funding into two packages. The remaining six appropriations bills, which include contentious issues like how to fund the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security, face a deadline in just two weeks, on March 22.

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The Senate passed a package of six funding bills, sending it to President Biden’s desk to avoid a government shutdown that would have begun at midnight. Congress faces another shutdown deadline on March 22. https://t.co/41xnxbvcpf

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U.S. Senate PASSES $467.5 billion six-bill spending package funding parts of the government until September 30th, 75-22. Partial shutdown at midnight averted.

Goes now to the president. pic.twitter.com/Phh0mppIlA

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