House Passes One-Week Spending Bill to Avert Dec. 17 Shutdown
- Senate vote on stopgap could take place as soon as Thursday
- Week-long extension would allow work on full-year spending
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The US House passed a one-week stopgap spending bill Wednesday intended to avert a government shutdown early Saturday morning, when current funding authorization runs out.
The bill, designed to give lawmakers time to finish drafting a delayed full-year fiscal 2023 spending package, passed 224 to 201. A few Republicans joined Democrats in voting yea.