The House passed a stopgap spending bill to avoid an Oct. 1 US government shutdown, setting up a showdown in the Senate later Friday, when Democrats are expected to block the legislation over demands to bolster health-care spending.
House Speaker Mike Johnson overcame grumbling from some fellow Republicans to approve the legislation on an 217 to 212 vote. Nearly all House Democrats voted against the bill, which Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries portrayed as a choice between standing up for health care for Americans and bending a knee to President Donald Trump.
The GOP measure includes a handful of policy ...
