Biden Signs Bill Averting Government Shutdown
We ran the numbers: There are 1989 news articles covering this topic. 41% (810) are left leaning, 40% (798) are center, and 19% (381) are right leaning.
On Friday, President Biden signed a short-term funding bill. While left-leaning articles highlight that the funding bill passed the Senate on a bipartisan 69-to-28 vote, right-leaning articles highlight that Biden went on to call on Congress to “use the time” bought by the short-term spending bill to pass so-called omnibus spending measures.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that the funding bill passed the Senate on a bipartisan 69-to-28 vote late Thursday evening. The measure covers key federal agencies and programs until February.
The Hill published a centrist article reporting that a group of conservatives in the House and Senate had threatened the fate of the legislation. The bill funds government operations through Feb. 18.
A right-leaning article by New York Post highlights that Biden went on to call on Congress to “use the time” bought by the short-term spending bill to pass so-called omnibus spending measures. Biden said that funding the government is “the bare minimum of what we need to get done.”
From the left
Biden signs bill to fund the government through Feb. 18, averting a shutdown
The Washington Post
From the right
Biden signs stopgap funding bill to keep government running until mid-February
New York Post