The $1.2T spending package is "good news for the American people," according to Biden, but Congress still has work to do.

Congressional leaders were thanked by President Joe Biden on Saturday after the Senate passed a contentious six-bill government funding package, ending a brief partial government shutdown.

Biden thanked Leaders Schumer and McConnell, Senators Murray and Collins, Speaker Mike Johnson, Leader Jeffries, and Representatives Granger and DeLauro for their leadership in a statement.

The spending package, worth $1.2 trillion, was labeled a "compromise" by the President, indicating that neither side received all they desired.

Biden's statement said that the proposed budget rejects extreme cuts from House Republicans and expands access to child care, invests in cancer research, funds mental health and substance use care, advances American leadership abroad, and provides resources to secure the border that his Administration successfully fought to include.

The American people received good news from the President regarding the package.

"However, I want to emphasize that Congress' work is not yet completed," Biden stated.

He urged the House of Representatives to pass the bipartisan national security supplemental and Congress to pass the bipartisan border security agreement, calling it "the roughest and fairest reforms in decades" to secure the border.

"It’s time to get this done," Biden said.

The spending package was passed by a vote of 74-24, despite the text for the group of bills being unveiled in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The House considered the appropriations measures on Friday morning and passed them with a vote of 286–134. A majority of Republicans, 112, voted against them.

The outlook for avoiding a partial government shutdown looked bleak before the upper chamber approved the package, as Republican senators claimed Democrats were unwilling to take up their requested amendment votes.

Senators reached an agreement after an hour of negotiations, exchanging papers before starting the voting process.

Despite Republican opposition, a $460 billion funding package was passed earlier this month, which included six of the twelve appropriations bills.

Planet Chronicle' Julia Johnson contributed to this report.