Biden signs stopgap spending bill to avoid government shutdown – White House
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) Leaders’ Event at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in San Francisco, California, United States, on November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Brittany Hosea-Small Acquire Licensing Rights
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 16 (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden signed a stopgap spending bill on Thursday to avert a government shutdown, a day after it passed the Senate, the White House said.
Biden signed the document on the sidelines of a dinner at the Legion of Honor museum in San Francisco, where leaders are attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.
The Senate’s 87-11 vote Wednesday marked the end of this year’s third congressional budget impasse, which saw lawmakers bring Washington to the brink of default on its more than $31 trillion debt this year. spring and twice within days of a partial shutdown that would have disrupted pay for about 4 million federal workers.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson had introduced a stopgap funding bill that drew broad bipartisan support, a rarity in modern American politics. Democrats said they were happy that the plan stuck to spending levels that were set in a May deal with Biden and did not include poisonous provisions on abortion and other hot-button social issues.
Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt and Gokul Pisharody; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Kim Coghill
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