UpdatedDec 21

Congress Passes Short-Term Spending Bill, Averting Shutdown

The bill would fund government until mid-March and includes $110 billion for disaster relief, $30 billion in farm aid, and a 1-year extension to the farm bill.

By Epoch Times Staff

| Published Dec 20, 2024 | Updated Dec 21, 2024

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Congress Passes Short-Term Spending Bill, Averting Shutdown — The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Dec. 19, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

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Congress Passes Revised Funding Plan, Averting Government Shutdown — The U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 20, 2024. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Both chambers of Congress on Dec. 21 passed a last-minute funding package that would extend government funding to March 14, sending it to President Joe Biden’s desk.

The legislation, dubbed the American Relief Act, passed the Senate in a late-night 85-11 vote that wrapped up not long after the midnight shutdown deadline on Saturday. The House of Representatives passed the same bill in a 366–34 vote earlier in the afternoon on Dec. 20.

The passage of the legislation by both chambers of Congress caps off a week of uncertainty as lawmakers sought to reorganize following the collapse of a previous funding agreement due to opposition from President-elect Donald Trump and other Republicans.

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