Senators voted in the early hours of Saturday to approve a government spending package through December and avert another government shutdown.

The House passed a short-term funding measure to keep the government open ahead of the Sept. 30 funding deadline, but Senate approval is still needed.

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The Senate is working to pass a bipartisan funding bill before a summer recess that would fund the federal government through Dec. 11, prevent a potential government shutdown during November’s midterm ...

Senate Republicans and some Democrats fear another government shutdown is looming this fall after bipartisan spending talks sputtered this week, forcing Republicans to cancel the markup of four ...

The U.S. House passed a short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown. The bill must still pass the Senate before the Sept. 30 deadline to become law. The U.S. House of Representatives ...