President Joe Biden signed a short-term government funding bill on Thursday to avoid a partial federal shutdown, just hours after congressional lawmakers rushed to pass the measure before the shutdown deadline.
Government funding had been set to expire at midnight.
The Senate and House sprinted Thursday afternoon to pass the legislation, which will keep the government funded through Dec. 3.
The bill also includes $28.6 billion for communities hit by natural disasters over the past 18 months and $6.3 billion to help support resettlement for Afghan refugees.
The House vote was 254-175. The Senate OK’d the legislation, 65-35, about two hours before House passage.
Biden, in a Thursday statement, said that “the passage of this bill reminds us that bipartisan work is possible and it gives us time to pass longer-term funding to keep our government running and delivering for the American people.”
According to the White House, the “Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act” which includes a short-term continuing resolution that provides fiscal year 2022 appropriations to Federal agencies through December 3, 2021, for continuing projects and activities of the Federal Government; includes supplemental appropriations for disaster relief; includes supplemental appropriations for Afghanistan evacuees; and extends several expiring authorizations.
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