WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed a government funding bill on Saturday that averted a government shutdown and marked the end of a chaotic, high-stakes week in Congress.
The White House said in a statement that the bill had been signed. Biden has not made any public statements following the 11th-hour congressional negotiations that led to the U.S. Senate approving the bipartisan federal spending bill.
“While it does not include everything we sought … President Biden supports moving this legislation forward,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement Friday.
The bill authorizes continued funding of the federal government at current levels for three months and provides additional disaster relief and farm aid.
The House overwhelmingly approved the measure on Friday evening by a vote of 366 to 34, with support from every Democrat and more than three-quarters of Republicans.
In the Senate, the bill passed by 85 votes to 11 shortly after midnight. Of the no votes, …