From Senate votes to avert US government shutdown before midnight deadline
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US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York (right) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 18, 2021. Sen. Bob Menendez (left) listens. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The US Senate approves a stopgap funding bill in a rare show of cross-party unity to avert a crippling government shutdown and keep the lights on for another two months.
The vote to fund federal agencies through December 3 passes comfortably with opposition Republicans supporting the Democrats, and is expected to be green-lit by the House of Representatives before the midnight deadline.
“This is a good outcome, one I’m happy we are getting done,” Chuck Schumer, the top Democratic senator, tells colleagues on the chamber floor ahead of the vote.
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