To maintain government operations, President Joe Biden has approved a $1.2 trillion spending deal.
Shortly after the Senate passed the funding package measure on Saturday, Biden signed it.
Biden called the bill “excellent news for the American people” and lauded it as a compromise.
Rejecting “extreme cuts from House GOP members and expanding access to child care, investing in cancer research, funding mental health and substance use care, advancing American leadership abroad, and providing resources to secure our border that my team successfully fought to include,” Biden continued, emphasizing that the agreement was a compromise and that neither side got everything it wanted. The American people will be pleased to hear that.
During his remarks, Biden emphasized the need for Congress to pass a law to strengthen national security and an accord to secure the borders.
“Now is the moment to complete this,” Biden declared.
With a bipartisan vote of 286 to 134, the House passed the legislation on Friday, prompting some conservatives to call for the removal of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
After many hours of talks, the measure finally cleared the Senate with a vote of 74 to 24 early on Saturday morning.
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