Senate approves temporary funding to keep the government open into December
TL;DR
The Senate passed a bipartisan continuing-resolution funding bill to keep federal agencies funded through December 11, forcing the House to take action to prevent a shutdown on Oct. 1. The measure blocks finalizing the White House’s plan to let political appointees oversee grant approvals during the stopgap and includes restrictions on new funding for ICE and the Border Patrol, signaling a December clash over grants and immigration policy. The White House supports the Senate plan, while the House already passed its own stopgap, which lacks the funding increases requested by the administration.
Topics:nationpolitics#budget#congress#government-shutdown#immigration-enforcement#politics#stopgap-funding
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