House passes spending bill to head off government shutdown before midterms
Measure authorizes spending until 4 December as Republicans seek to avoid volatile issue in election season The US House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a stopgap measure to head off a government shutdown until early December, with its Republican...
The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a short-term spending bill designed to keep the federal government funded through early December, helping lawmakers avoid a shutdown fight heading into the November midterm elections.
The continuing resolution would authorize government spending until 4 December. It passed the House by a 220-205 vote, with lawmakers largely voting along party lines, according to a monitored public feed based on The Guardian Business.
Republican leaders backed the measure as a way to steer clear of a politically risky budget clash during campaign season. A shutdown standoff has often become a flashpoint in Washington, and this vote gives Congress more time to negotiate a longer-term funding deal later in the year.
The bill now moves to the Senate, where passage will require support from both parties. That makes the next step less certain, even after the House action reduced the immediate threat of a lapse in funding.
The measure does not settle broader budget disputes, but it does extend the government’s spending authority for several months and pushes the deadline beyond the final stretch of the election calendar. For House Republicans, that delay appears intended to take a volatile issue off the table while candidates focus on the midterms.
This report is based on a monitored public feed. Source attribution appears below.
Source: The Guardian Business - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/house-passes-spending-bill
