Stopgap Funding Bill 

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The US President Donald Trump recently signed the Stopgap Funding Bill.

Key Highlights:

• A stopgap funding bill is used by the US Government to ensure that it does not run out of funds for running federal programmes after the deadline of an Appropriation Act. 

• These Acts have a deadline and the funds cannot be used to address new obligations after it. 

• The Government Shutdown occurs when the Congress fails to fund the government. In such a scenario, the US Government stops all the non-essential services. On the other hand, the essential services such as police departments, armed forces, etc continue to function.