The House on Thursday passed legislation to avert a government shutdown and keep the government funded through Nov. 21.
The bill, which passed in a 301-123 vote, came after some uncertainty that the stop-gap measure would be brought to the House floor by the end of the week after it was yanked at the committee level on Tuesday evening.
The measure, known as a continuing resolution or CR, was unexpectedly pulled from the House Rules Committee due to a lack of consensus on provisions including health care funding extensions and aid to farmers dealing with the repercussions of the trade war with China.
View the complete September 19 article by Juliegrace Brufke and Niv Elis on The Hill website here.