Obama signs legislation to end government shutdown, raise US debt limit
President Barack Obama early on Thursday signed legislation that ends a US government shutdown and raises the US debt ceiling, the White House said. ● The US Congress has passed a bill to reopen the government and raise the federal debt limit, with hours to spare before the nation risked default. The Democratic-controlled Senate's bipartisan compromise won approval by 81 votes to 18. The deal was then passed by 285-144 in the House of Representatives, whose Republican leadership begrudgingly agreed to support the measure. It came hours before the deadline to raise the $16.7tn (£10.5tn) limit.
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