From News Nation:
“Shutdown
averted: Pres. Trump signs bill to fund government through December 11”
President
Donald Trump has signed a bill to fund the government through Dec. 11, a White
House spokesman announced minutes after the midnight Wednesday deadline to
avert the possibility of a government shutdown. White House spokesman Judd
Deere confirmed on Twitter Thursday just before 1 a.m. ET that the president
signed the stopgap spending measure, known as a continuing resolution. White
House chief of staff Mark Meadows had told reporters that the president would
sign the bill as soon as he returns to the White House early Thursday. Trump
traveled to Minnesota for a campaign rally Thursday night. As in past episodes
in which the government experienced a brief funding lapse, any post-midnight
lapse would have no immediate effects on federal operations.
The legislation
— which keeps the government running through Dec. 11, 2020 — was approved by
sweeping bipartisan agreement ahead of the start of a new fiscal year Thursday.
The Senate passed the measure by an 84-10 vote Wednesday. The House passed the
bill last week. The temporary extension will set the stage for a lame-duck
session of Congress later this year, where the agenda will be largely
determined by the outcome of the presidential election. The stopgap spending
bill is required because the GOP-controlled Senate has not acted on any of the
12 annual spending bills that fund the 30% of the government’s budget that is
passed by Congress each year. The measure is the bare minimum accomplishment
for Capitol Hill’s powerful Appropriations committees, who pride themselves on
their deal-making abilities despite gridlock in other corners of Congress. The
measure also extends many programs whose funding or authorizations lapse on
Sept. 30, including the federal flood insurance program, highway and transit
programs, and a long set of extensions of various health programs, such as a
provision to prevent Medicaid cuts to hospitals that serve many poor people. It
also finances the possible transition to a new administration if Democratic
presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the White House and would stave off an
unwelcome COVID-caused increase in Medicare Part B premiums for outpatient
doctor visits. Farm interests won language that would permit Trump’s farm
bailout to continue without fear of interruption. In exchange, House Democrats
won $8 billion in food aid for the poor.
^ It was very difficult
to find any information – even after the 12 am deadline – about the possible
Shutdown. ^
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