US Parliament.
Washington: The US Senate, the upper house of the US, on Saturday passed a bipartisan plan to provide temporary funding for federal government operations and disaster assistance. This bill does not include America’s newly elected President Donald Trump’s demand to increase the debt limit in the new year. If this bill was not passed within the stipulated time, there was a danger of disruption of government work.
Speaker of the lower House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, insisted that Parliament would “meet its responsibilities” and not allow the federal government’s work to be disrupted ahead of the Christmas holidays. Trump, however, insisted that a debt limit increase should be included in the bill and said in a post this morning that if it was not done, the bill should “stop right now.”
Bill passed with 366 votes
The House of Representatives passed Johnson’s new bill by 366 votes to 34. The Senate passed it with a majority of 85 votes to 11. Now this 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.” (AP)
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