The U.S. Senate passes the spending bill funding most federal government departments

PANews January 31 News, according to CCTV News, on the 30th local time, the U.S. Senate passed a spending bill that funds most federal government departments and submitted it to the House of Representatives for review. Funding for several federal departments in the United States will run out on January 30. On the 29th, a spokesperson for Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said that the Democratic and Republican parties in the Senate have reached an agreement on the government funding bill to avoid a partial government shutdown. Schumer’s spokesperson stated that the agreement includes advancing the government appropriations bill to fund most departments for the remainder of the fiscal year, while providing a two-week temporary appropriation for the Department of Homeland Security so that both sides can continue negotiations on restricting immigration enforcement actions by that department.