Senate passes stopgap spending bill to avert government shutdown

[Right_in_Virginia]

Senate passes stopgap spending bill to avert government shutdown
NY Post, Sep 30, 2021

The Senate passed a standalone continuing resolution aimed at averting a government shutdown on Thursday that will keep the government funded until December.

The House is expected to easily pass the measure later in the day ahead of current funding expiring at midnight. The stopgap bill includes language to keep the government funded through Dec. 3 — in addition to disaster relief funding and funding to aid with the resettlement of Afghan refugees.

Its passage comes after Senate Republicans blocked a House-passed short-term spending bill that included language to raise the debt ceiling, saying they will not support increasing the federal government’s borrowing limit as Democrats look to pass a sweeping, multitrillion-dollar social spending bill.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) praised the bill, saying he believes it’s critical to keep the government open, but took a swing at his GOP colleagues for their pushback on supporting raising the federal government’s borrowing limit.


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https://nypost.com/2021/09/30/senate-passes-stopgap-spending-bill-to-avert-shutdown/

[DefiantMassRINO]

Congress, congratulations for working so hard to accomplish nothing!  Be thankful you don't work in the dreaded private sector where substantial accomplishments are a condition of employment.

[Killer Clouds]

Congress, congratulations for working so hard to accomplish nothing!  Be thankful you don't work in the dreaded private sector where substantial accomplishments are a condition of employment.

EXACTLY!  They'll be back to the same BS in December. So what if they shut down the government? Essential workers still go to work. No one even notices.

[libertybele]

Government short-term funding bill includes billions in Afghan resettlement funds

The House and Senate on Thursday passed a short-term funding bill that staved off a government shutdown and ensured funding to resettle thousands of Afghan refugees.

In a 65 to 35 vote the Senate approved funding that would provide $6.3 billion for Afghan resettlement, along with ensuring the federal government remains operational through Dec.  3.

"This is a good outcome — one I am happy we are getting done," Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said from the Senate floor ahead of the vote. "With so many things happening in Washington, the last thing the American people need is for the government to grind to a halt."

The House voted 254-175 and the bill will now head to President Biden's desk.

The administration has said it expects upwards of 95,000 refugees to be brought to the U.S. over the next year, following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

The funds will be designated for housing evacuees at facilities, screening, and resettlement.............

https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/government-short-term-funding-bill-includes-billions-afghan-resettlement-funds

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