Government Shutdown 2024 Update Today Senate. The senate passed a government funding package early saturday morning, averting a partial shutdown and ending a lengthy fight that has loomed over both sides. The senate gave final approval on friday to a $460 billion spending bill to fund about half the federal government through the fall, sending the legislation to.

The house on wednesday defeated a $1.6 trillion stopgap spending bill to extend current government funding into march and. With just hours to spare, the house and senate passed a bipartisan bill to avert a government shutdown, and president biden signed it before the midnight deadline.