Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed that bill on Saturday. Due to which the fear of government shutdown before Christmas has been averted. With this, the turmoil that had been going on for several days in Washington came to an end. Because Congress passed the bipartisan budget plan after the deadline and rejected Donald Trump's main demand in the talks.
The agreement will keep the government funded at current levels until March 14 and provide $100 billion for disaster assistance and $10 billion for agricultural assistance to farmers.
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Republican MP Mike Johnson, Chairman of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the US Parliament, had said that lawmakers will fulfill our responsibilities and will not allow the federal government to come to a standstill. But the outcome was uncertain at the end of a tumultuous week as Trump insisted that the deal include an increase in the government borrowing limit and threatened a government shutdown if it did not.
Government work halted, preparations stopped
Johnson's revised plan was passed by the Lower House by 366 votes to 34 and by the Senate after midnight by 85 votes to 11. After this, the White House said that it has stopped preparations for a shutdown i.e. a halt to government work due to lack of finance. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the government will not stall any longer.
Government work is going to come to a standstill in America? Efforts are ongoing to stop the shutdown
Let us tell you that efforts were being made to prevent government work from being stopped in America. However, this is the case every time that this process of stopping the shutdown in America happens every time before the formation of a new government. The Biden government failed to garner enough votes to pass a financial bill on Tuesday. After which the chances of government work coming to a standstill in America had increased after Friday. (agency)
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