Biden signs short-term funding bill to avert government shutdown

Washington — President Biden signed a government funding extension on Friday that delays a partial shutdown for at least another week. 

Funding for some agencies was set to lapse Friday, while the rest were funded through March 8. 

But Congress reached a deal late Wednesday on a temporary funding patch, punting the deadlines to March 8 and March 22. The measure passed in the House and Senate in a bipartisan vote, making it the fourth time since September that a shutdown has been narrowly averted.