WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama signed the stop-gap funding bill Wednesday, ending the specter of a U.S. government shutdown by keeping government open through Nov. 18.
The legislation is part of a package to provide $2.65 billion in disaster relief the Federal Emergency Management Agency needed to replenish accounts drained by the federal response to Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee, tornadoes and wildfires, CNN reported.