Trump Signs Stopgap Bill to Avert Government Shutdown

Trump Signs Stopgap Bill to Avert Government Shutdown
President Donald Trump arrives to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Sept. 30, 2020. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
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President Donald Trump signed a stopgap spending bill in the early hours of Thursday to extend government funding through to Dec. 11, averting a government shutdown as the new fiscal year began at midnight.

The bill was approved in the Senate by a bipartisan 84-10 vote late Wednesday. Trump signed the bill shortly after returning from a campaign rally in Duluth, Minnesota.
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