Biden signed the government’s fourth interim budget bill

, The White House announced that US President Joe Biden signed the temporary budget bill passed by Congress to prevent the shutdown of various departments of the government. Kurd.

On Thursday, the US Congress, by sending a temporary budget bill to Joe Biden’s office, prevented the shutdown of parts of the US government to buy more time for US lawmakers to approve the budget of federal agencies..

Representatives of the US Congress approved this budget with a bipartisan agreement with 320 votes in favor and 99 votes against. The vast majority of Democrats along with more than half of Republicans supported this bill.. Members of the Senate immediately supported this bill and sent it to Joe Biden’s desk for signature.

According to this report, since the beginning of last year, the committees of the US House of Representatives and the Senate, regarding the 12-item annual government budget bill for the new fiscal year, which started from October last year and continues until October this year, due to lack of agreement. They did not agree on its final figure. Since then, three emergency budgets have been set aside for some government institutions to prevent the government from shutting down. .

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US Congress until September 30, 2023, which was the end of the fiscal year =”background-color:white”>, failed to pass provisions of the budget bill for the new fiscal year, which begins on October 1, because many Republicans in Congress called for drastic spending cuts. were of the government. A request that President Joe Biden and other congressional Democrats did not agree to. >

Fiscal Year America starts on October 1st, but in 2024, the full budget has not yet been approved due to disagreements between the White House and congressional Republicans. Far-right Republicans who are acting on the advice of Donald Trump and want to attack the Biden administration have blocked the passage of the main government budget.

The current temporary bill of some ministries such as agriculture and It funds transportation for another week and some departments, such as the Pentagon, for another 22 days in March.

Aid to Ukraine, aid to Israel, and supply The security of the southern borders and dealing with the movement of illegal immigrants are among the main points of dispute. The current interim budget bill does not include any military aid for Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine.

This is while Joe Biden asked lawmakers in the US House of Representatives the other day Request to approve the resolution approved by the Senate for sending foreign aid.

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