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The House of Representatives voted 335-91 to fund the government for another 45 days, with more Democrats than Republicans supporting it.
Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives passed a stopgap funding bill on Saturday, a major step toward averting a government shutdown hours before current funding expires.
The House of Representatives voted 335-91 to fund the government for another 45 days, with more Democrats than Republicans supporting it.
The measure would extend government funding for 45 days if it passes the Democratic-majority Senate and is signed into law by Democratic President Joe Biden.
The move marked a profound shift from earlier this week, when a shutdown seemed all but inevitable.
Democrats overwhelmingly supported the eleventh-hour Republican measure to keep federal funding flowing, albeit with a freeze on Washington’s massive aid to Ukraine.
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