The US Congress passed a bill on temporary funding of the government until December 3, which avoided a partial shutdown of federal institutions.
The proposal was first approved in the Senate with 65 votes in favor and 35 against, and then in the House of Representatives, where it had the support of 254 members, while 175 were against, Voice of America reports.
US President Joseph Biden signed the adopted measure ahead of Thursday's midnight deadline, when the current government budget expires.
In addition to the smooth operation of the US Government, the proposal on its temporary funding foresees assistance to areas that have suffered the consequences of natural disasters and fires, and includes money for refugees from Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, divisions within the Democratic Party have threatened President Biden's plans to invest in infrastructure, expand social services and fight climate change, Reuters reported.
Moderates and progressive Democrats are at loggerheads over the scope of a $3.500 trillion package that would provide extended family leave, medical care for the elderly and more support for children.
Due to this dispute, the fate of the bipartisan legal proposal on infrastructure, already adopted in the Senate, which should now be decided by the House of Representatives, is also uncertain.
Progressive Democrats in the lower house of Congress have said they will vote against the proposal unless it is discussed as part of a larger $3.500 trillion plan. This, however, is opposed by Republicans and some moderate Democrats.
At the same time, another crisis is simmering in Congress: Democrats and Republicans are arguing over whether to grant the Treasury Department additional authority to borrow money beyond the current legal limit of $28,4 trillion.
If Congress does not adopt that proposal, the US government could be left without a source of financing around October 18, the Minister of Finance Dženet Jelen said earlier.
Republicans have already said they don't want to participate in raising the debt ceiling, saying it's a problem for Democrats who control Congress and the White House.
The House of Representatives passed a bill late Wednesday night to suspend the borrowing limit until December 2022. It is expected to be blocked by Republican members of the Senate.
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