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US Senate Reaches Deal to Pass $1.2Trln Spending Bill, Vote Will Miss Shutdown Deadline

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US Senate reached a deal to pass a $1.2 trillion spending bill and will vote on it shortly on Friday night, but they missed the midnight deadline to avert a partial government shutdown.
The government shutdown would officially take effect on Monday, given the upcoming weekend, but the Senate is expected to pass the legislation later on Friday night.
President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in Washington. From left, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson of La., Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden, and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 28.02.2024
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‘Time is Running Out’ - Big Four Leave Oval Office Without Plan to Avert Shutdown
The US House of Representatives passed the government funding bill earlier on Friday. The bill includes funding for the US Departments of Defense, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Labor, Health, and Education, the Legislative Branch, and the State and Foreign operations, including $300 million for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative and $3.3 billion for Israel.
The most recent and the longest shutdown in the United Stated happened in late 2018 into early 2019 under Donald Trump, lasting for 34 days.

No Need for Government Shutdown

The White House said in a statement that it is confident the US Senate will pass a $1.2 trillion spending bill shortly after missing the midnight deadline late Friday night, so it has ceased preparations for a government shutdown.
"OMB [Office of Management and Budget] has ceased shutdown preparations because there is a high degree of confidence that Congress will imminently pass the relevant appropriations and the President will sign the bill on Saturday," the White House said shortly after midnight on Friday.
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