Senate to vote on funding bill to avoid government shutdown

Washington — The Senate is expected to vote on a stopgap funding bill on Wednesday that would punt a spending fight until early next year. 

The House passed the bill, known as a continuing resolution, Tuesday night, sending it to the Senate ahead of a Friday deadline. Without a funding extension, the government is set to shutdown Saturday. 

House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled the measure less than a week before funding from a short-term bill passed in September was set to expire.