Thu Sep 26, 2024 AT 9:59 AM EDT
Despite a wave of Republican opposition, the House on Wednesday passed a stopgap spending bill well ahead of the Oct. 1 government shutdown deadline.
The three-month spending patch then easily passed in the Democrat-run Senate, and the White House signaled its support for it.
Speaker Mike Johnson had to rely on Democrats to pass the bill as his option of last resort. He earlier failed to pass a more conservative stopgap that included the SAVE Act requiring people to provide proof of citizenship to register to vote. Read Full Story