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Biden signs short-term bill to keep government open
The Hill ^ | 12/16/2022 | Brett Samuels

Posted on 12/16/2022 12:31:05 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

President Biden on Friday signed a short-term funding bill to keep the government open through next week as congressional negotiators haggle over the details of a longer-term spending deal.

Biden signed the bill upon returning to the White House from Delaware, where he’d given remarks about legislation to help veterans who were exposed to toxic burn pits.

The Senate on Thursday night voted 71-19 to pass the continuing resolution (CR), sending it to Biden for approval after it passed the House the night before in a 224-201 vote.

The CR freezes funding levels through Dec. 23 to buy time for ongoing spending negotiations, preventing a shutdown that would have otherwise begun on Friday at midnight.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: biden; bill; government; shortterm
Toxic burn pits?? Is that where they put his depends??
1 posted on 12/16/2022 12:31:05 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Budget items should be rated A B C D.

A items are high essential like defense.
B items are necessary like SS and debt under scrutiny.
C items are put on ice or scheduled to expire. D items are liquidated unconstitutional rubbish like SSI.


2 posted on 12/16/2022 1:50:36 PM PST by lurk (u)
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