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Congress averted a government shutdown hours before the midnight deadline on Thursday, providing funding through Dec. 3 and sending the bill to President Joe Biden‘s desk for his signature.
In a 254-175 vote, the House voted on a stopgap bill to fund the government at current levels for another nine weeks and provide relief for states like Louisiana that have borne the brunt of natural disasters, as well as aid for Afghan refugees who have resettled in the U.S.
Thirty-five Republicans voted along with Democrats to keep funding the government.
A few hours earlier, the short-term bill passed the Senate in a bipartisan 65-35 vote, with 15 Republicans joining all Democrats in support of the continuing resolution.
The Senate passed H.R. 5305, Continuing Resolution to fund the government through December 3, 2021 by a vote of 65-35.
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The legislation now shifts the government funding fight to the end of the year, when lawmakers must decide whether to pass another stopgap bill or a series of new appropriations bills for fiscal 2022.
Democrats and Republicans found a breakthrough on government funding after it was unlinked from a vote on raising the debt ceiling in order to prevent the country’s first default.
Republicans maintain they won’t provide any votes to deal with the borrowing limit and have blocked a few attempts by Democrats to do so. But while the debt ceiling is temporarily on the back burner to allow for must-pass legislation, a debt crisis still lingers with a deadline of Oct. 18.
