Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer prepares to speak to reporters on Dec. 17, 2024. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

The Senate passed a bill early Saturday to extend government funding until March, sending the measure to President Biden for his signature and averting a government shutdown over the holidays.

Why it matters: The bill’s passage ends a chaotic week on Capitol Hill, which demonstrated President-elect Trump‘s influence over lawmakers.

• The vote was 85-11. The House hours earlier passed the measure by an overwhelming margin.
• The three-month funding agreement also includes a one-year Farm Bill extension and over $100 billion in disaster relief for hurricane-ravaged areas.
• Senate leaders agreed to fast-track the bill’s passage, voting on the measure just after a midnight deadline and effectively preventing a government funding lapse.

The big picture: Trump blew up an initial bipartisan agreement earlier this week, demanding that Congress also raise the debt limit before the end of the year.

• That led to a revised bill that would have suspended the debt limit for two years.
• That measure failed spectacularly in the House on Thursday night, and the debt limit provision was nixed.

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