House passes temporary spending bill to stave off shutdown

Published November 19, 2019 3:05pm ET



The House passed a stopgap funding bill that will keep federal government operations running until Dec. 20.

The bill, passed by the House 231-192 Tuesday, now heads to the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pledged to pass it by Thursday when a temporary funding measure expires.

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