House passes bill to avert shutdown but Trump may not be happy

The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday (December 20) that would avert a midnight government shutdown, defying President-elect Donald Trump's demand to also greenlight trillions of dollars in new debt. The House voted 366-34 to approve the bill, the day after rejecting Trump's debt ceiling demand. The Democratic-controlled Senate will also need to pass the bill to advance it to President Joe Biden, who the White House said would sign it into law to ensure the U.S. government will be funded beyond midnight (0500 GMT Saturday), when current funding expires.

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