House passes stopgap funding bill to avoid government shutdown

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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The House on Wednesday voted 343-67 to approve a stopgap government funding bill, giving lawmakers another week to negotiate next year's funding.

Congress first approved a short-term continuing resolution in September extending funding until this Friday, and extended it until next Friday with this vote. The soon-to-be narrowly split House has had a hard time agreeing to funding for the next year.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.