Trump Signs Funding Measure to Avert Shutdown
Government Executive | September 08, 2017
President Trump on Friday signed legislation staving off a government shutdown and default until early December and appropriating $15.25 billion for hurricane relief efforts. The House passed the bill earlier Friday. The plan, formulated by congressional Democrats as a counterproposal to GOP efforts to keep agencies open until December and extend the debt limit until after the 2018 midterm elections, will extend the government’s borrowing authority and funding at current levels until Dec. 8.