House jams through funding patch to avert shutdown through December

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The House pushed through a stopgap measure on Tuesday that extends funding for the federal government until December.

The House voted 220-205 to pass the funding patch, with six Democrats — Reps. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Don Davis (D-NC), Jared Golden (D-ME), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Gabe Vasquez (D-NM), and Kathy Castor (D-FL) — voting to support the stopgap measure, and one Republican, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), voting “no.”

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