
Biden Signs $460 Billion Spending Package, Averting Government Shutdown
President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a package of six government funding bills, narrowly averting a partial government shutdown, though a second tranche of bills has yet to be finalized ahead of a looming March 22 deadline. The White House said in a statement on March 9 that President Biden had signed into law H.R. 4366, or the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024,” which provides $460 billion in appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. The 1,021-page package consists of annual spending bills that fund six major areas of the federal government: agriculture and rural development; commerce, justice, and science; energy and water development; interior and environment; military construction and veterans affairs; transportation, housing and urban development....
