Home passes very first financing bundle to prevent a partial federal government shutdown
WASHINGTON-- The House quickly passed a plan of 6 costs expenses Wednesday, teeing up a vote in the Senate to pass the legislation and avoid a partial federal government shutdown by Friday's due date.The 1,050-page costs would keep parts of the federal government-- consisting of the Agriculture, Commerce, Interior, Justice and Transportation departments-- open through September. The bundle, referred to as a minibus, makes up 6 appropriations costs that were worked out in between the Republican-led House and the Democratic-controlled Senate and backed by President Joe Biden.Passing the very first tranche of financing expenses is the simple part. Home and Senate appropriators should next work out an offer for the 6 staying costs ahead of a different March 22 shutdown due date. Those costs mo...