Biden Signs Bill Averting Shutdown, Teeing Up 2024 Budget Battle
- Stopgap measure lacks emergency funding for Israel, Ukraine
- Government funding had been set to expire Friday evening
Joe Biden signed a stopgap bill to extend government funding into early 2024.
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President Joe Biden signed a stopgap bill to extend government funding into early 2024, averting a government shutdown for now but kicking a politically-divisive debate over federal spending into a presidential election year.
The White House confirmed the move in a statement early Friday morning in Washington, less than a day before existing funding would have expired. Biden — in California for a summit of APEC leaders — signed the legislation on Thursday, according to the statement.