Congress Faces Huge September Agenda
President Barack Obama signed a stopgap funding bill Wednesday that will avert a government shutdown for the time being, the White House said.
The House and Senate both passed the continuing resolution earlier in the day. It would keep the government funded through Dec. 11.
President Barack Obama signed the spending extension into law later on Wednesday, the White House said in a statement.
Obama welcomed the news with a tinge of sarcasm in remarks to a group of progressive state legislators in Washington.