House passes bill to avoid partial government shutdown, but prospects in Senate look dim

WASHINGTON — The House on Friday passed a short-term spending bill to extend government funding for seven weeks and avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1, but prospects looked dimmer in the Senate, where the two parties show no signs of budging on the matter.

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The House has passed a short-term spending bill to extend government funding for seven weeks and avoid a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1

But prospects for the bill look dimmer in the Senate

Friday's House vote was 217-212

The bill would generally continue existing funding levels through Nov. 21

The bill would generally continue existing funding levels through Nov. 21. Democratic leaders are adamantly opposed and are threatening a government shutdown if Republicans don't let them have a say on