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A short-term spending measure to fund the federal government into next week won approval Thursday from the U.S. House and now goes to President Barack Obama's desk.
The measure was part of a bipartisan agreement intended to end a dispute over disaster relief spending that threatened to cause a partial shutdown of the government when the current fiscal year ends at midnight Friday.
Congressional approval of the measure keeps the government funded through October 4.
The House will then have to consider a more comprehensive measure that would keep the government funded through November 18.
The Senate approved both measures Monday. Together, they would fund the federal government for the first seven weeks of the new fiscal year.
The spending proposals contain an additional $2.65 billion in disaster relief needed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to replenish coffers depleted partly by the federal response to Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee, and a series of tornadoes and wildfires this year.
The new emergency disaster funding will kick in Saturday.
Democrats and Republicans had been at odds over a GOP demand to cut spending elsewhere to offset increased disaster relief funding in the current fiscal year. FEMA ended that standoff Monday when it indicated that it has enough money to get through the final few days of the current fiscal year.
If Congress had failed to reach a new spending agreement, a partial government shutdown would have occurred with the onset of the new fiscal year on Saturday.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/29/politics/fema-funding/
The measure was part of a bipartisan agreement intended to end a dispute over disaster relief spending that threatened to cause a partial shutdown of the government when the current fiscal year ends at midnight Friday.
Congressional approval of the measure keeps the government funded through October 4.
The House will then have to consider a more comprehensive measure that would keep the government funded through November 18.
The Senate approved both measures Monday. Together, they would fund the federal government for the first seven weeks of the new fiscal year.
The spending proposals contain an additional $2.65 billion in disaster relief needed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to replenish coffers depleted partly by the federal response to Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee, and a series of tornadoes and wildfires this year.
The new emergency disaster funding will kick in Saturday.
Democrats and Republicans had been at odds over a GOP demand to cut spending elsewhere to offset increased disaster relief funding in the current fiscal year. FEMA ended that standoff Monday when it indicated that it has enough money to get through the final few days of the current fiscal year.
If Congress had failed to reach a new spending agreement, a partial government shutdown would have occurred with the onset of the new fiscal year on Saturday.
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/09/29/politics/fema-funding/