Senate Sends Short-Term Funding Bill Averting Shutdown to President

ANCOR has been regularly updating our members on where the federal budget stands because the majority of disability supports in the United States are federally funded. The House passed a bill that would fund the government until November 21, which the Senate passed on Thursday, as reported by Politico Pro:

“The Senate today passed stopgap spending legislation that would ward off a looming government shutdown and keep federal funding on autopilot through Nov. 21.

The upper chamber easily cleared the bill, H.R. 4378, in an 82-15 vote. President Donald Trump is expected to sign it. Current federal funding runs out Monday.

The measure buys more time for bicameral negotiations on a dozen fiscal 2020 spending bills that would provide updated funding levels for 15 federal departments and dozens of smaller federal agencies.

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Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories would receive a much-needed extension of their Medicaid funding.”