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Biden signs emergency funding bill to prevent US government "shutdown"

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2024-12-22 08:28:44
On December 22nd, local time on December 21st, US President Biden signed a contingency funding bill to prevent the government from "shutting down". This latest bill will continue to provide operating funds for the US government until March next year, thus preventing some federal government agencies from falling into a "shutdown" after 0:00 EST on the 21st. It is reported that the latest bill is almost the same as the bill that failed to pass on the 19th, but it removes the part about the debt ceiling. It leaves three main parts: a short-term extension of government spending, billions of dollars in disaster relief funds and additional assistance to farmers. The US Congress and the Senate previously voted to pass the bill separately.