The leaders of the US Congress in both the Republican and Democratic parties have reached an agreement that extends the government budget until mid-December to avoid the risk of shutting down federal institutions before the presidential election scheduled for November 5. Congress was supposed to pass the 2025 budget by the end of September — the end date of the fiscal year — to keep all services funded.
Republicans have been demanding for weeks that any budget be tied to new conditions under which voters must prove their U.S. citizenship, a text added under pressure from Republican nominee Donald Trump, who continues to assert, without providing any evidence, that he was the victim of electoral fraud in 2020.
Source (Al-Arabiya.net Website, Edited)
