The Senate followed a heavily Democrat-led effort in the House on Saturday to approve a last-minute stopgap measure that funds the federal government for another 45 da.
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The Senate followed a heavily Democrat-led effort in the House on Saturday to approve a last-minute stopgap measure that funds the federal government for another 45 days just hours before a shutdown would have begun, keeping a slew of government services running and federal employees paid for the time being, though lawmakers still need to finalize a permanent set of budget appropriations.Key Facts
The Senate voted 88-9 late Saturday evening on a stopgap measure called a continuing resolution, averting a shutdown with wide-ranging consequences that would have started at 12:01 a.m. EDT Sunday morning.
The House overwhelmingly passed the bill Saturday afternoon 335-91 (Democrats voted 209-1; Republicans voted 126-90), though it leaves out federal funding Democrats and some Republicans had called for in military aid to Ukraine.
