The Senate passed a bill Friday funding the federal government through September, averting a government shutdown.

Senators voted 62-38, with 10 Democrats joining Republicans to put the bill over the 60-vote threshold needed to bypass a filibuster. The vote ended the possibility of the government shutting down Saturday after a stopgap funding measure was set to expire. The new stopgap bill then passed on a vote of 54-46. The bill now moves to P🌃resident Donald Trump's desk. He is re🌠portedly expected to sign it.

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The vote thwarted an effort by some Democratic lawmakers who had wanted to use a shutdown threat to curtail President Donald Trump's 澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果体彩网:mass firing of federal workers.

Some Democrats, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a representative from New York, had urged Senate Democrats to use the threat of a government shutdown as leverage to demand concessions from the majority GOP.

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Update, March 15, 2025: This article has been updated to include the passage of the bill.