Biden signs $1.2 trillion funding package after Senate’s early-morning passage ended shutdown threat

By COLLEEN LONG, KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills that Congress just passed, ending the threat of a potential partial government shutdown. The legislation was approved by senators early Saturday, with passage coming nearly six months into the budget year. The White House said Biden signed the legislation Saturday at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, where he was spending the weekend. The budget process was slowed by conservatives who pushed for more policy mandates and steeper spending cuts than a Democratic-led Senate or White House would consider. Biden says the agreement was a compromise, “which means neither side got everything it wanted.”