Senate passes budget bill
The Senate passed yesterday a substitute $102-million budget bill that the House could end up rejecting today if they disagree with the changes that include cutting the funds of the Legislature and the Executive Branch by over $2 million and moving them to the Public School System, the Northern Marianas College, Rota, Tinian, and other programs.
The US Senate hurriedly passed a stopgap spending bill on Friday to fund the federal government for one week to avert a government shutdown at midnight.