Government Shutdown March 2024 Update. 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 of. President biden signed a $1.2 trillion funding package that the senate approved in the early hours saturday morning to prevent a partial government shutdown.

After months of averting shutdowns at the eleventh hour with stopgap bills, congress is now finally on the verge of passing updated legislation to fund critical government departments and. On january 18, 2024, the house of representatives passed a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through early march to avoid a government shutdown.