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Senate Passes Bipartisan Spending Bill to Avert Shutdown
The government needs money to pay for things like schools, parks, and the military.
Sometimes Congress cannot agree on how to spend the money, and the government may have to shut down.
A shutdown means some government services stop for a while.
The Senate is one of the two groups in Congress that help decide how to spend money.
The Senate stayed up very late to finish their work on a money plan.
Early Saturday morning, they voted to pass the plan.
Almost everyone voted yes, with only 6 people saying no.
The plan pays for the government until December 11.
Now the other group, the House, will get to vote on it next.
The Senate voted 90-6 early Saturday to pass a short-term spending bill.
The bill funds the federal government through December 11.
The vote pushes the next shutdown deadline past the November midterm elections.
The bill now heads to the House for consideration.
Lawmakers worked through the night; the bipartisan tally showed little appetite for a shutdown fight.
- Who
- U.S. senators, who voted 90-6 in favor of the measure
- What
- Passed a short-term spending bill to fund the federal government through December 11
- Where
- The U.S. Senate
- When
- Early Saturday, ahead of the November midterm elections
- Why
- To avert a government shutdown and push the next funding deadline past the November midterms
Key facts
- Senate vote
- 90-6, bipartisan
- Bill type
- Short-term spending bill
- Funds government through
- December 11
- Next step
- Bill heads to the House
- Context
- Ahead of November midterm elections
- Vote timing
- Early Saturday, after working through the night
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