BUDGET: “President Donald Trump signed a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown early Thursday morning [Oct. 1, 2020] after briefly missing the midnight deadline for his signature, averting an unlikely but potentially disastrous scenario that would kneecap federal agencies in the weeks before the presidential election…
The Office of Management and Budget had warned federal agencies in a memo on Wednesday that Trump — who was returning from a campaign rally in Duluth, Minn., late Wednesday night — might not sign the measure until early Thursday. Federal agencies should not trigger any government shutdown activities if the midnight deadline slipped, OMB told departments.”
-Caitlin Emma, “Trump signs stopgap spending measure to avert a shutdown,” politico.com, Oct. 1, 2020