Biden signs short-term spending bill to prevent partial govt shutdown
Newsy
If Congress doesn't pass further legislation by March 8, some parts of the government will shut down.
President Joe Biden signed a short-term funding bill hours before a partial government shutdown would have begun.
President Biden received the bill Thursday night after the Senate passed it by a vote of 77-13. It had been passed by the House 320-99 earlier in the week.
The short-term measure only gives lawmakers another week to work out a long-term funding bill. If they don't pass anything by March 8, some parts of the government will shut down. A full shutdown will happen a week later if nothing is passed before then.
President Biden has urged Congress to make sure they avoid a government shutdown.
"In the days ahead, Congress must do its job and pass full-year funding bills that deliver for the American people," President Biden said after the Senate passed the temporary measure.
