Biden signs US funding bill to avert shutdown
Hindustan Times Navi Mumbai|December 22, 2024
US President Joe Biden signed a funding bill on Saturday, averting a Christmas-time government shutdown after negotiations in Congress went down to the wire overnight.
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WASHINGTON:

Last-minute legislative wrangling was brought about by incoming president Donald Trump, who, along with influential billionaire Elon Musk, pressured Republicans to abandon an earlier bipartisan funding compromise. Lawmakers then spent several days trying to hammer out another deal, with massive halts to government services hanging in the balance.

With the Friday midnight deadline already expired by minutes, senators dropped normal procedure to fast-track the new package to a vote, funding the government to mid-March.

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