House Passes 45-Day Stopgap Funding Bill, Sending Measure to Senate Hours Before Shutdown Deadline

The House of Representatives approved a stopgap funding bill that will avert a government shutdown at midnight tonight if adopted by the Senate and signed by President Joe Biden.

The bill extends federal funding at the current rate for 45 days. It also includes money for disaster relief and a reauthorization of FAA funding. While the bill continues existing support for Ukraine, it does not include additional funding for that war effort, which Democrats and some Republicans favor.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) pleaded for more time to consider the 70-page continuing resolution (CR), which he said was presented just minutes ahead of a proposed vote and mere hours ahead of a potential government shutdown.

Yet 209 Democrats, including Mr. Jeffries, joined the effort to reach the two-thirds majority needed to pass the bill under a suspension of House rules. The final tally was 335–91.