President Joe Biden Friday signed a bill into law averting the threat of another government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline.
The stopgap measure approved by Congress Thursday will keep the government funded for just a few more weeks however, with the first batch of appropriations packages set to expire on March 8 and the remaining coming due on March 22.
Friday’s continuing resolution marks the third time Congress has kicked federal appropriations down the road since House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) picked up the gavel in 2023.
Johnson and the other “Big Four” Congressional leaders met with Biden at the White House on Tuesday to discuss the appropriations process, in addition to the president’s supplemental funding request for new Ukraine aid and ongoing negotiations surrounding immigration policy reform.
According to the White House, Biden pulled Johnson, who has consistently foiled Biden’s bipartisan border security overtures in
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