2024-01-14 05:33:53
– Congress finds agreement to avoid budgetary paralysis
Elected officials in the United States House and Senate have reached an agreement on short-term spending, which helps avoid a government shutdown in the coming weeks.
Published today at 6:33 a.m.
The permanent resolution must be adopted by both houses of Congress for the country to avoid the famous “shutdown”, which would have paralyzed the federal state.
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The short-term bill, also called a permanent resolution, will allow the government to continue funding state spending through March 1 and 8, the source said, giving elected officials time to agree on a larger budget and on the details of expenses.
The permanent resolution must be adopted by both houses of Congress for the country to avoid the famous “shutdown”, which would have paralyzed the federal state.
Federal spending limited to $1,600 billion
Last weekend, U.S. lawmakers announced they had reached an agreement on funding totals for fiscal year 2024, setting a limit on federal spending at around $1.6 trillion.
The deal, announced by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic congressional leaders, includes an increase in Pentagon spending of $886 billion and $773 billion for untied discretionary funds. to the defense.
Short-term financing measures are often used to avoid budgetary paralysis amid frequent political disagreements over how to spend the money and deal with the rising national debt.
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