Trump signs stopgap spending bill, averting shutdown
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has signed a temporary government-wide funding bill that staves off the risk of a government shutdown through Nov. 21.
The measure signed Friday buys additional time for lawmakers to work to unclog a $1.4 trillion bundle of yearly spending bills that is hung up amid fights over Trump’s border wall and abortion. Those measures face a variety of obstacles, and it’s not clear whether Congress will pass them.
The bill had passed by the Senate by an 82-15 vote.
Democrats blocked Senate Republicans from advancing an almost $700 billion defence measure, a move partly designed to leverage broader negotiations on domestic programs.
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