The Senate voted on Tuesday to take up a stop-gap bill that would keep the government funded through December 16 as lawmakers work to avert a shutdown by the end of the week.
The vote had earlier been on the verge of failing due to the inclusion of a controversial permitting reform proposal, but West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin dropped a request to include the proposal after it came under sharp criticism from Republicans and liberals.
The Senate will next need to hold a final vote on the stop-gap funding bill. Exact timing of that vote has yet to be determined, but lawmakers are expected to pass that short-term funding extension through both chambers and avert a shutdown before funding expires on Friday at midnight. The tally for Tuesday’s vote was 72 to 23.
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