House passes stopgap funding measure avoid government shutdown
House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) delivers part of the impeachment managers’ opening argument in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, on the floor of the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 10, 2021.
U.S. Senate TV via Reuters
The House passed a stopgap funding measure to keep the government open a day after the Senate passed the bill in a down-to-the-wire vote.
The bill passed with a majority-Democratic vote. President Joe Biden is expected to sign it into law later Friday. If the resolution had not been passed, the government would have shut down due to a deadline for passing the federal budget by Friday evening.
Funding measures include approximately $12 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine, $18.8 billion for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund and $1 billion for heating and utility assistance.
The bill, which will fund the government until December 16, needed to pass before negotiations for the final 2023 budget could continue.
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