In a 54-46 vote Friday evening, Senate Republicans passed House Republicans’ short-term spending bill, after nearly a dozen Senate Democrats... And that’s that. The Republican-backed continuing resolution has passed,

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a House-passed spending bill that exposed deep rifts within the Democratic Party.

A midnight Friday deadline is looming for the U.S. Senate to pass a federal funding bill to avert a government shutdown.