The U.S. Senate passes a spending bill to fund most of the federal government's departments

BlockBeats News, January 31st: On January 30th local time, the U.S. Senate passed a spending bill to fund most federal government departments and sent it to the House for consideration. As House members are not in Washington and will not return until Monday, February 2nd, the Senate's vote could not avoid a partial government shutdown starting in the early hours of the 31st.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said during a private call with House Republicans on the same day that the most likely path for the House to pass the bill would be through a quick vote on Monday evening.