China News Service, September 23, reported that on the 22nd local time, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that will provide funds to the government to prevent the government from shutting down before December 11.
The bill will provide funds for the US government to avoid the chaos caused by the government shutdown during the epidemic and before the November 3 general election.
Data map: The White House of the United States.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
After Democrats restarted negotiations with Republicans on the 22nd, the House of Representatives passed the bill by a bipartisan vote of 359 to 57.
The agreement between the two parties increased the nutrition assistance program by 8 billion U.S. dollars and allowed agricultural assistance allocated through the Commodity Credit Corporation to continue.
But the Democrats demanded measures to prohibit payments to fossil fuel refiners and importers.
According to reports, the Senate may begin reviewing the bill as soon as this week.
Democratic House Speaker Pelosi previously issued a statement announcing an agreement with Treasury Secretary May Mnuchin and Republicans to allow the government to continue operations until December 11, but Republicans were dissatisfied with the partial deletion of the farm budget.
US President Trump faced a strong challenge from the Democratic candidate Biden in some agricultural states. He pledged to provide more subsidies to farms when he was building a campaign in the "important battlefield" Wisconsin last week.
The rest of the bill will generally continue the current level of expenditure, which will give members more time to study and allow the government to maintain expenditure until September 2021.
This includes budgets for military operations, health care, national parks, space programs, and airport and border security.