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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.
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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 electionCTV News1w+U.S. House lawmakers return to Washington with a stopgap funding bill atop the list of prioritiesRoll Call1w+Funding extension clears House, avoiding shutdown threatThe Hill1w+Congress funds government until December, averting pre-election shutdownDefense One1w+Stopgap funding bill temporarily extends key cyber info-sharing lawPBS NewsHour1w+WATCH LIVE: House passes short-term spending bill, staving off another fund fight during midtermsThe National Desk1w+House avoids another government shutdown before midterms with bill headed to Trump's deskUSA Today1w+House successfully averts government shutdown before midterm electionsArmy Times1w+House passes funding bill to avert government shutdownChristian Science Monitor1w+House, wary of shutdown before midterms, pushes budget talks to DecemberCNBC1w+U.S. House aims to avoid government shutdown amid GOP hardliner resistanceFortune1w+House votes 370-48 to fund the government through mid-December, avoiding a shutdown before the midterms, but it still awaits Trump's signature | FortuneKSAT 12 San Antonio1w+House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the electionNPR1w+Congress averts a government shutdown ahead of the midtermsSemafor1w+House comes back to crowded agendaStars and Stripes1w+Congress-passed bill to avert shutdown omits funds for Trump-class battleshipWGAL 81w+House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the electionWPXI Pittsburgh1w+House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the electionYahoo News1w+The House is back in session. Many Republicans hope it won't be for long.
Left 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 electionThe Boston Globe1w+House clears bill to avert an election-season shutdownCBS News1w+Congress passes funding bill to avoid October shutdown, pushing fight past midtermsLos Angeles Times1w+House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the electionMSNBC1w+‘All effed up’: Congress’ early funding deal comes with some big problems laterPolitical Wire1w+House Returns From Five Weeks AwayRaw 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 seasonABC News1w+House passes funding bill, avoiding shutdown ahead of midterm electionsAl Jazeera1w+US House passes funding bill to avert government shutdown ahead of midtermsBoston.com1w+House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the electionCNN1w+House sends government funding bill to Trump to avert shutdown ahead of midtermsNew York Magazine1w+Congress Dodges Pre-Midterms Government ShutdownThe New York Times1w+House Votes to Avert Government Shutdown Before Midterm Elections
Right 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 billCitizen 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 midtermsJust the News1w+House approves spending bill to fund government until Dec. 11The Center Square1w+Congress punts government funding deadline to Dec. 11Townhall1w+Government Funding Bill Heads to Trump's Desk; Likely Avoiding ShutdownDaily Mail1w+Government shutdown AVERTED after House passes stopgap funding bill... kicking spending fight until after the midterm electionsNew York Post1w+House votes to keep government open until after midterms, avoiding pre-election shutdownNewsmax1w+Funding Bill Tops House Agenda as Lawmakers ReturnNTD1w+House Passes Bill to Fund Government Past Midterms, Sending It to Trump’s DeskRedState1w+Dem Fold Pre-Election, Government Now Stays Open Until December 11The Daily Caller1w+House Passes Government Funding Bill After GOP Holdouts Threatened To Nuke Leadership’s AgendaThe Daily Signal1w+It’s Homecoming Week for Congress, Here's What Republicans COULD Do:The Epoch Times1w+House Passes Bill to Fund Government Past MidtermsThe Washington Times1w+House lawmakers return to Washington with a stopgap funding bill atop the list of prioritiesThe Western Journal1w+Time Running Out: The House Has a Narrow Window to Stop Shutdown, Address Voter Fraud
What’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?
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