House passes short-term spending bill to avoid shutdown

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The House on Thursday passed a bill that would fund the government until Jan. 19 and sent the legislation to the Senate, where Democrats will be required to vote with Republicans to clear the bill by midnight Friday in order to avert a partial government shutdown.

The bill passed 231-188, and that decision, along with an easier 251-169 vote to approve $81 billion in new disaster aid, marked the end of major business in 2017 for House lawmakers. They planned to leave town Thursday evening and not return until Jan. 3.

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