Washington, March 15 -- U.S. Senate on Friday approved a stopgap bill that will keep government funding at current levels until September just hours before current funding is set to expire, averting a government shutdown.
The upper chamber voted 54-46 to pass the bill, which was already approved by the House of Representatives on Tuesday. The lower chamber voted 217-213, with the vote largely split along party lines.
The bill will be sent to President Donald Trump to be signed into law.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat from New York, said earlier this week that Democrats would oppose the stopgap government funding bill passed by the Republican-controlled House, as it included little input from Democrats, but he later c...