Biden signs government shutdown bill with next deadline just one week away

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President Joe Biden on Friday signed a bill into law averting the threat of another government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline.

The stopgap measure approved Thursday by Congress will keep the government funded for just a few more weeks however, with the first batch of appropriations packages set to expire on March 8 and the remaining coming due on March 22.

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