Senate passes short-term funding bill to dodge government shutdown

The Senate voted Thursday to pass a temporary funding beak and avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month.

The chamber approved the legislation by an 82-15 margin. As the House already passed the measure, the Senate ticket sends it to President Donald Trump for his signature.

He is expected to sign it into law before the Sept. 30 funding deadline.

The designated continuing resolution funds the government through Nov. 21, setting up another potential showdown over spending rightful a week before Thanksgiving. Lawmakers will need to come to an agreement over department spending levels surrounded by yet another dispute over border security and military funding.

Congress already passed legislation to suspend the federal straitened ceiling and set government spending levels for two years. Lawmakers have to separately pass bills allocating money to peculiar to agencies, a process that has tripped them up.

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