The Senate cleared the legislation on Friday in a 54-46 party line vote, with 10 members of the Senate Democratic caucus helping the bill advance to passage despite opposition from within their party — most vocally from colleagues in the House, who exhorted them to reject the bill out of hand.
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President Trump signed the government funding bill into law on Saturday, following its passage by the Senate on Friday. The bill was approved just hours before a midnight deadline, averting a government shutdown that would have occurred without the funding.
The signing concluded a week of intense negotiations on Capitol Hill. Earlier in the week, the House passed legislation that funds the government through September 30, in a largely partisan vote. The decision highlighted how Republican fiscal conservatives set aside their concerns about spending in support of President Trump’s agenda.
Harrison Fields, White House principal deputy press secretary, said in a post on X that Trump signed the continuing resolution Saturday.
The bill largely keeps government funding at levels set during Joe Biden’s presidency, though with changes. It trims non-defense spending by about $13 billion from the previous year and increases defense spending by about $6 billion, which are marginal changes when talking about a topline spending level of nearly $1.7 trillion.
The Senate cleared the legislation on Friday in a 54-46 party line vote, with 10 members of the Senate Democratic caucus helping the bill advance to passage despite opposition from within