Congress prevents government shutdown with stopgap bill
- 7 years ago
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a stopgap legislation to avoid government shutdown on Friday.
The House passed the bill with a tally of 382-30 votes.
The legislation will be sent to President Donald Trump to sign into law later in the day.
The bill provides federal funding until May 5, which gives lawmakers enough time to reach a deal on funding for the rest of the fiscal year that ends on September 30.
Congressman Jim McGovern said, "The fact that we are here again at the last minute just trying to keep the government open is sad.
Once again, we have a manufactured crisis at the edge of a cliff."
The House passed the bill with a tally of 382-30 votes.
The legislation will be sent to President Donald Trump to sign into law later in the day.
The bill provides federal funding until May 5, which gives lawmakers enough time to reach a deal on funding for the rest of the fiscal year that ends on September 30.
Congressman Jim McGovern said, "The fact that we are here again at the last minute just trying to keep the government open is sad.
Once again, we have a manufactured crisis at the edge of a cliff."