Final four government funding bills pass House and set up last battle in Senate

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The House passed the final four of the 12 necessary government funding bills on Thursday, setting the stage for a marathon vote in the Senate as a government shutdown looms in eight days.

The chamber voted 220-207 to pass the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill and 341-88 for three other appropriations bills covering the departments of Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. Both the DHS bill and three other bills received bipartisan support.

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