The U.S. Senate moved on Tuesday to avert a pre-election government shutdown by voting to advance a stopgap funding measure that would keep the government open through Dec. 11. According to Reuters, the Senate is expected to hold a final vote passing its spending measure, which will continue funding most government programs at current levels, on Wednesday before the government runs out of money at midnight. HOUSE APPROVES SPENDING BILL IN EFFORT TO AVOID GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DURING PANDEMICThe Senate vote appeared to underscore the bipartisan interest in keeping the government funded at such a critical time. The legislation — called a continuing resolution, or CR — would keep every federal agency running at current funding levels. The underlying stopgap measure deals with the 30% of the federal government’s day-to-day budget that goes to Cabinet agency operations funded by Congress each year.

Source: Fox News September 29, 2020 23:37 UTC