Washington: The US upper house Senate on Saturday passed a bipartisan plan to temporarily fund federal government operations and disaster relief. This bill does not include the demand of newly elected US President Donald Trump to increase the debt limit in the new year. If this bill was not passed on the stipulated deadline, there was a danger of government functioning being disrupted.
Speaker Mike Johnson of the lower house of Representatives had insisted that the parliament would “fulfill its obligations” and would not let the federal government’s work be disrupted before the Christmas holidays. However, Trump insisted that the bill should include an increase in the debt limit and said in a ‘post’ in the morning that if this was not done, then the work should “stop right now”.
The bill was passed by 366 votes
The House of Representatives passed Johnson’s new bill by a vote of 366 to 34. The Senate passed it by a majority of 85 to 11. Now the bill is with US President Joe Biden and he is likely to sign it on Saturday. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said, “The government will not shut down.”