The measure is expected to be passed and signed by Thursday's midnight deadline because it does not add new restrictions on border wall funding.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution Tuesday, allowing federal agencies to keep their funding and avert a government shutdown for four more weeks.
It's the second such resolution in a row, as the Nov. 21 deadline represents the end of another short-term solution passed by Congress just weeks ago. Ahead of the bill, which passed 231 to 192, lawmakers disagreed about the additional funding for Trump's border wall amid the impeachment hearings that dominated headlines.
Streaks in the sky form at sunset behind the U.S. Capitol Building on November 13, 2019, in Washington, D.C.Rep. Nita Lowey, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, spearheaded Tuesday's effort, which includes billions of dollars for state highway programs, the Commerce Department and a modest pay bump for military members.
This time last year, the country's longest government shutdown saw about 800,000 people furloughed or working without pay, according to several reports, while Trump tried several times to secure border wall funding. In February, he declared a national emergency to finance it.
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