2024-01-19 01:27:00
The Senate approved the budget and sent it to the House of Representatives
The United States Congress approved this Thursday, in an unusual day due to the speed of debate in both chambers, a provisional law on financing federal agencies for another six weeks, in order to avoid a partial shutdown of the Government.
Against the clock so that it would be sanctioned before tomorrow, The House of Representatives agreed in a rare show of unity to keep the lights on at least until March 1just hours after the initiative was voted by the Senate.
With money for many departments about to run out after 11:59 p.m. tomorrow, Congress approved the text that must be sent to President Joe Biden’s desk for promulgation before that deadline.
We’ve got to keep working nonstop to negotiate & pass full-year funding bills—and it has to happen in a bipartisan way.
That means no extreme partisan demands & an understanding that we’ve got to protect investments in our country’s future. pic.twitter.com/la2Wo2xzGi
— Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) January 18, 2024
Otherwise, thousands of officials, including thousands of air traffic controllers, would be forced to undergo technical dismissal.
The US Congress was under pressure to avoid the famous partial “shutdown” of the Government, especially considering that a snowstorm could reach Washington tomorrow and the House of Representatives has already canceled the votes scheduled for that day.
The law will allow the government to continue financing state spending until early Marchwhich will give Congress time to agree on a broader budget and spending details.
Americans are sick of chaos at the southern border, chaos at the gas pumps, and the chaos of the Biden administration. https://t.co/jbHEZYddc2
— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) January 18, 2024
The recurring inability of Congress to approve a budget for the fiscal year (which began four months ago) has been forcing financing measures adopted for short periods to avoid budget paralysis.
The text voted on today was the subject of bitter negotiations between the Republicans, who have a majority in the lower house, and the Democrats, who have a majority in the Senate.
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