On Thursday, the US Senate adopted a text to fund federal services until December 23, after the House of Representatives did the same on Wednesday, relegating the specter of the famous federal state paralysis for a week. “close”.
Senators voted in favor of this finance bill, which had already passed the House on Wednesday, by 71 votes in favor and 19 against. This bill must still be signed into law by President Joe Biden for it to go into effect.
Thus, Congress is giving itself an extra week to negotiate a long-term agreement to cover the end of fiscal year 2023.
Parliamentarians had until midnight Friday to reach an agreement, and if they failed to abruptly cut all federal services funding.
Ministries could have been affected, as well as national parks, some museums and many organizations, forcing hundreds of thousands of employees into technical unemployment.
The winter “lockdown” of 2018, the longest in its history, particularly affected baggage checks at airports.
Despite steep partisan divisions, most elected officials on both sides do not want a situation that risks creating chaos before the holidays.
