House votes to pass short-term funding bill and prevent a shutdown before the election

House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election

The House has passed a short-term measure to fund the federal government into early December. The move is designed to avoid a chaotic shutdown as lawmakers campaign for reelection.

House votes to keep government open until after midterms, avoiding pre-election shutdown

The House gave its stamp of approval to a bipartisan Senate funding patch to avert a government shutdown at the month's end and punt the appropriations fight until after the midterms.

Congress passes funding bill to avoid October shutdown, pushing fight past midterms

The House on Tuesday passed a measure to extend government funding into December, averting a shutdown in the final stretch of the midterm campaign.

House sends government funding bill to Trump to avert shutdown ahead of midterms

By Annie Grayer, Ellis Kim, CNN (CNN) — The House passed a bill on Tuesday to extend government funding to December 11, clearing a path to avert a shutdown ahead of the midterm elections.The bill passed with overwhelming bipartisan support and now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk to be signed into law.By extending government funding beyond the September 30 deadline, lawmakers are taking the threat of a shutdown off the table to focus on th…

Congress funds government until December, averting pre-election shutdown

The House passed a short-term funding bill to avoid a government shutdown before the midterms, pushing spending battles to late 2026.

Government shutdown AVERTED kicking spending fight to after election

Republicans in the House have passed a government funding measure to stave off a quickly approaching shutdown at the end of the month.