Biden Signs Stopgap Spending Bill Averting Shutdown

Biden Signs Stopgap Spending Bill Averting Shutdown
President Joe Biden speaks about the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, at the Shipyards in Lorain, Ohio, Feb. 17, 2022. AP Photo/Ken Blaze
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WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on Friday signed a bill to extend government funding for three weeks to give Congress more time to reach an overdue deal financing federal agencies through the rest of the fiscal year, the White House announced.

The Senate approved the measure Thursday by a 65-27 vote, five more than the 60 votes needed, after the House approved the legislation last week. Each party had concluded that an election-year shutdown would be politically damaging.