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The US Senate has one day left to avert a government shutdown, after the GOP-controlled US House voted 230-197 to pass a short-term spending bill. The US Senate has one day left to avert a government shutdown, after the GOP-controlled US House voted 230-197 to pass a short-term spending bill.
Congress passed a bill to extend government funding for two weeks, extending the fight over a government shutdown. The bill will move the shutdown deadline back two weeks â from Friday night to December 22. The bill made it through the House on a close vote and was almost immediately passed by the Senate. Congress voted Thursday to pass a bill that would extend government funding by two weeks, avoiding a partial government shutdown on Friday pending signature by the president. The bill passed the House by a vote of 235 to 193. Fourteen Democrats voted for the measure backed by the GOP leadership and 18 Republicans defecting from their party.