Government funding lapsed at the stroke of midnight on Saturday, but the Senate is poised to vote on a stopgap spending bill that would prevent a government shutdown.
The House voted earlier on Friday 366-34 to advance the package, overcoming the two-thirds majority needed to clear the lower chamber. The legislation, which did not include President-elect Donald Trump’s demand to attach a debt limit increase, then headed to the Democratic-led Senate for consideration. The Senate, however, was not quite able to get the vote on the legislation done before midnight.
The Office of Management and Budget said after midnight that its agencies will not shut down and may continue normal operations, saying it had ceased preparations for a shutdown because of a “high degree of confidence that Congress will
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