Congress approves temporary funding bill to avert government shutdown, sends it to Joe Biden to sign
Congress approves temporary funding bill to avert government shutdown, sends it to Joe Biden to sign
Government funding was set to run out at midnight on Thursday (Pictures: Reuters/Getty Images/EPA)
The House has approved a short-term bill passed by the Senate earlier on Thursday to keep the federal government funded through early December, averting a shutdown that was set to kick in at midnight.
The stopgap funding bill passed the House in a 254-175 vote, with some Republicans supporting the…