House Republicans approved a short-term government spending package Friday to avert a shutdown at month’s end, sending the bill to the Senate and setting up a clash with upper-chamber Democrats vowing to sink the measure.

The legislation was crafted by Republicans, without Democratic input, and that dynamic was reflected in the lopsided 217-212 vote, which fell largely along partisan lines.

Two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.) and Victoria Spartz (Ind.), opposed the legislation to protest deficit spending levels they deem too high, while one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (Maine), crossed the aisle to support the bill.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) was officially recorded as not having cast a vote, though she appeared to be trying to do so as the vote closed. She said in a s

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