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Government funding bill clears Congress and heads to President Biden, averting a shutdown - National | Globalnews.ca

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President Joe Biden is expected to sign the measure into law Saturday .

The Senate passed the bill 85-11 just after the midnight deadline.

House Speaker Mike Johnson had insisted Congress would “meet our obligations” and not allow a shutdown.

Trump doubled down on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal.

The White House says it has ceased shutdown preparations.

The federal debt limit expires Jan. 1 , and Trump does n’t want the first months of his new administration saddled with tough negotiations in Congress to lift the nation’s borrowing capacity.

Congress must get rid of, or extend out to, perhaps, 2029 , the ridiculous Debt Ceiling ,” Trump posted.