U.S House approves a last-minute Senate-passed resolution to prevent a governmental shutdown
The shutdown will be temporarily put on hold until December 3… with the vote of 254 -to-175 including some Republicans also voting in favour of the measure.
This all comes just hours before government funding was due to stop completely… with the bill now heading to President Biden’s desk to be signed.
Prior to making it to Congress, Senate lawmakers also approved the last-minute bill, in a vote of 65-to-35.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the stopgap bill will also “provide funding to help process and resettle Afghan refugees and finally deliver on critical disaster aid for Americans battered by storms and wildfires”.
Meanwhile, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said earlier that policymaking on Capitol Hill is messy, but this is democracy in action.
