USA, shutdown avoided at the last minute: Congress approves law that avoids paralysis

Shutdown avoided by the skin of my teeth. The Senate of United States approved the new plan that avoids the budget paralysis and the resulting shutdown of federal businesses before Christmas.

The bill received the green light shortly after the midnight deadline (6 am in Italy), but the White House office in charge of declaring closure did not do so, counting on the imminent Senate vote. In the end, the agreement passed with 85 votes in favor and 11 against, and it will have to be signed by President Joe Biden. It had already been approved by the Chamber on Friday evening by a very large majority, with 366 votes in favor and 34 against.

Shutdown avoided: Trump rejoices

“Successo a Washington! President Mike Johnson and the House have reached a great deal for the American people,” the president-elect wrote Donald Trump sul suo social Truth.

“The law just approved is characterized byAmerica First“, said the speaker of the American House Mike Johnson, immediately after the passage of the new measure to avoid the shutdown. “I have been in close contact with Trump, he knows exactly what we were doing and he agreed,” added the Republican, underlining that he also spoke with Elon Musk who defined his job as a speaker as “the most difficult in the world” .

Also Biden has said he supports the law to avoid a federal government shutdown. “Following an order from President-elect Trump, Republicans yesterday canceled a bipartisan agreement and threatened to paralyze the government at the last moment to pave the way for tax breaks for billionaires. This law does not do that,” White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre said in a statement, blessing the measure.

What the plan includes

The approved plan includes federal government funding at current levels until March 14 and $110 billion in spending on post-hurricane reconstruction aid and the agricultural sector. The debt ceiling hike requested by the president-elect is not included.