House Passes Funding Bill With Democratic Support, Averts Shutdown.
The House returned Monday from a five-week recess with a stopgap spending bill its top order of business. The bill, already passed by the Senate, would fund the federal government through Dec. 11.
- 90-6: the Senate vote approving the stopgap bill earlier this month.
- Dec. 11 is the funding deadline if the bill becomes law.
- Two-thirds majority required under suspension of the rules for passage.
- Oct. 1 is when current federal funding is set to expire.
Why it matters: A shutdown before the midterms would be the third of the year — a liability neither party wants as voters decide which party controls Congress.
- The bill delays an OMB rule that would give political appointees authority over federal grant approvals.
- A one-month delay on a federal ban on hemp-derived THC products has drawn criticism from some GOP members, including House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris.
How 49 sources split on this story
Where they split: The main dispute centers on the hemp-THC provision: White House allies pushed to include it, while several House Republicans want it stripped out.
Center coverage, 19 sources: The center presents the week's agenda as a straightforward pre-election checklist, noting bipartisan pressure to avoid a shutdown and flagging internal GOP tension over the hemp provision as the main complication.
Associated Press1w+House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the electionCNCTV News1w+U.S. House lawmakers return to Washington with a stopgap funding bill atop the list of priorities
Roll Call1w+Funding extension clears House, avoiding shutdown threat
The Hill1w+Congress funds government until December, averting pre-election shutdownDODefense One1w+Stopgap funding bill temporarily extends key cyber info-sharing law
PBS NewsHour1w+WATCH LIVE: House passes short-term spending bill, staving off another fund fight during midtermsTNDThe National Desk1w+House avoids another government shutdown before midterms with bill headed to Trump's desk
USA Today1w+House successfully averts government shutdown before midterm elections
Army Times1w+House passes funding bill to avert government shutdown
Christian Science Monitor1w+House, wary of shutdown before midterms, pushes budget talks to December
CNBC1w+U.S. House aims to avoid government shutdown amid GOP hardliner resistance
Fortune1w+House votes 370-48 to fund the government through mid-December, avoiding a shutdown before the midterms, but it still awaits Trump's signature | FortuneLeft coverage, 14 sources: The left frames the bill's Senate additions — limits on Trump's grant-cutting power and protections for SNAP and WIC — as meaningful guardrails against executive overreach, and treats the censure vote against Edwards as an accountability moment.
NBC News1w+House votes to pass short-term funding bill and prevent a shutdown before the electionTBGThe Boston Globe1w+House clears bill to avert an election-season shutdown
CBS News1w+Congress passes funding bill to avoid October shutdown, pushing fight past midterms
Los Angeles Times1w+House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election
MSNBC1w+‘All effed up’: Congress’ early funding deal comes with some big problems later
Political Wire1w+House Returns From Five Weeks Away
Raw Story1w+‘Massive mess’ forces House GOP to entertain wild fix: 'Is this a joke?'
The Independent1w+House passes short-term funding bill to avoid another shutdown during campaign season
ABC News1w+House passes funding bill, avoiding shutdown ahead of midterm elections
Al Jazeera1w+US House passes funding bill to avert government shutdown ahead of midtermsBosBoston.com1w+House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election
CNN1w+House sends government funding bill to Trump to avert shutdown ahead of midtermsRight coverage, 16 sources: The right emphasizes the socialism-condemnation resolution as a deliberate GOP electoral strategy and highlights conservative objections to the hemp-THC delay as a principled stand against unregulated products accessible to minors.
Washington Examiner1w+Hemp ban delayed by four weeks after House passes stopgap funding bill
Citizen Free Press1w+BREAKING | House passes three month government funding bill — The deficit can is now kicked.
Fox News1w+Democrats blink in shutdown fight, hand Trump and GOP win before midterms
Just the News1w+House approves spending bill to fund government until Dec. 11TCSThe Center Square1w+Congress punts government funding deadline to Dec. 11
Townhall1w+Government Funding Bill Heads to Trump's Desk; Likely Avoiding Shutdown
Daily Mail1w+Government shutdown AVERTED after House passes stopgap funding bill... kicking spending fight until after the midterm elections
New York Post1w+House votes to keep government open until after midterms, avoiding pre-election shutdown
Newsmax1w+Funding Bill Tops House Agenda as Lawmakers Return
NTD1w+House Passes Bill to Fund Government Past Midterms, Sending It to Trump’s Desk
RedState1w+Dem Fold Pre-Election, Government Now Stays Open Until December 11
The Daily Caller1w+House Passes Government Funding Bill After GOP Holdouts Threatened To Nuke Leadership’s AgendaWhat’s next: Johnson is expected to fast-track the bill to the floor early this week.
- The House also faces a vote to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-N.C., over Ethics Committee findings of persistent inappropriate conduct toward two female staffers.
- A Senate-passed Russia and Iran sanctions bill may come to the House floor before lawmakers depart for the campaign trail.
- Will enough House Republicans back the hemp-THC provision to reach the two-thirds threshold under suspension?
- Will Trump intervene with last-minute demands that could derail the stopgap bill, as he has done before?
- Will the Russia-Iran sanctions bill reach the House floor before Election Day?