The U.S. House Passes Stopgap Spending Bill, Setting Up Showdown in the Senate

BlockBeats News, September 19th, according to US media reports, the US House of Representatives passed a stopgap spending bill aimed at avoiding a government shutdown crisis on October 1st. However, this also set the stage for a fierce battle in the Senate later on Friday, with Democrats expected to reject the bill on the grounds of "the need to increase healthcare spending." House Speaker Johnson overcame some dissatisfied Republican colleagues to push the bill through with a vote of 217 in favor and 212 against.

Almost all House Democrats voted against the bill. The Senate is scheduled to debate both the House-passed bill and the "alternative stopgap spending bill" proposed by Democratic leader Schumer later on Friday (which plans to fund the government until October 31). Both versions of the bill are expected to be rejected, meaning that with less than two weeks until the October 1 deadline, the US government is on track for a shutdown crisis stalemate. (Kinny)