U.S. Congress passes stopgap funding bill on brink of government shutdown
2023-10-01 15:36:39 source：CGTN
October 1, 2023
The U.S. Senate on Saturday night approved a 45-day stopgap funding bill in a last-minute effort to avert a federal government shutdown.
The upper chamber passed the stopgap funding measure in a 88-9 vote. Earlier that day, the House of Representatives approved the bill in a 335-91 vote.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has been struggling to gain support from hardliners in his own Republican Party on a funding bill, released the new plan Saturday morning. It would keep federal agencies funded at current levels until mid-November, and includes $16 billion of funding for disaster relief.
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