U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a stopgap spending bill, passed by Congress this week, that averts a partial government shutdown, the White House said in a statement.

The House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution (C.R.) on Tuesday to keep the government funded through September. The measure now heads to

Republicans omitted a standard provision approving the District’s budget in a stopgap funding measure needed to avert a shutdown before the end of the week. The result would be a 16 percent cut.