The House passed a stopgap bill on Tuesday to keep the government open, putting Congress on a path to avert a shutdown and setting the stage for a broader funding fight in the new year.
The House passed a stopgap bill on Tuesday to keep the government open, putting Congress on a path to avert a shutdown and setting the stage for a broader funding fight in the new year. The Senate will next need to approve the measure. President Joe Biden is prepared to sign the bill if it is passed by the Senate , a White House official told CNN. Government funding is currently set to expire at the end of the week on Friday, November 17.
The stopgap bill passed the House on a bipartisan basis with a vote of 336 to 95. More Democrats supported the measure than Republicans – a warning sign for newly elected House Speaker Mike Johnson. Two hundred and nine Democrats voted for the bill, while only 127 Republicans voted for it. Ninety-three Republicans and two Democrats opposed the bill. In the first major test of his leadership, Johnson is pursuing an unusual two-step plan that would set up two new shutdown deadlines in January and Februar
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