The United States Congress extends the Budget Law for two months

Washington: On Wednesday, the US Congress approved a bill drawn up by agreement between the White House and the Republican and Democratic parties, extending the current budget bill for a period of two months to avoid the closure of much of the federal administrations. .

The bill, which extends the current budget until December 11, was approved in the Senate by 84 votes out of the 10 senators who voted against it.

The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives approved this text last week.

With its approval in Congress, the bill was referred to President Donald Trump, who will supposedly ratify it before midnight to take effect and remove the spectrum of “closing” US federal administrations.

The fiscal year in the United States ends on September 30, which means that the current budget law expires in the first minute of the morning of Thursday.

Given the lack of approval of the budget for the new fiscal year before a Congress deeply divided between the two parties and timing its steps as a result of the presidential elections scheduled for next November 3, the only solution to avoid the paralysis of the federal administrations is this temporary law.

The bill extends the deadline for arduous negotiations between the two parties until December 11 to reach an agreement on the budget for the next fiscal year.