Washington — A Republican measure to keep the government funded until Nov. 21 stumbled in the Senate after clearing the House on Friday, leaving lawmakers without a clear path forward to avoid a funding lapse at the end of the month as they leave Washington for at least a week.

The short-term funding bill passed the House in a 217 to 212 vote, with one Democrat voting in favor and two Republicans in opposition. Republican Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Victoria Spartz of Indiana voted against the bill, while Democratic Rep. Jared Golden of Maine supported it.

But the bill failed to reach the 60 votes needed to advance in the Senate, by a vote of 44 in favor to 48 opposed. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania was the lone Democrat who joined Republicans in supporting the bill. GOP Se

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