the senate of USA approved a short-term extension of government funding and sent the legislation to the president’s desk Joe Biden, avoiding a partial stoppage after solving an impasse over vaccination rules.
Republicans and Democrats reached an agreement on the spending plan on Thursday (2) to extend the funding until Feb. 18, and then quickly moved the legislation through the House and Senate before the current funding expires at 12:01 am of Saturday (4).
The legislation also includes $7 billion to help evacuees from the Afghanistan.
The House approved the measure by 221 votes to 212, sending it to the Senate, where lawmakers neutralized a threat by some Republican senators to block approval of the mandate of vaccination mandatory or Biden government test for public officials.
Lawmakers held an amendment vote on the matter, which failed. The Senate then voted 69 to 28 to pass the spending bill.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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