The United States Congress has approved a short-term spending package to avoid a government shutdown, the fourth such stopgap measure in several months.
The bill, which passed the Senate in a bipartisan 77-13 vote, provides funding for some federal government agencies to keep running through March 8 and others through March 22, preventing a shutdown that would have kicked in on Saturday.
The funding will avert disruption to numerous government functions, including food safety inspections and air traffic controllers’ pay.
US President Joe Biden must now sign the bill for it to become law.
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