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The House passed a government spending bill Friday evening to avoid a government shutdown set to ensue at midnight, but now the clock is ticking for the Senate and President Joe Biden.

The continuing resolution (CR) that was passed by the House extends government funding until March and provides over $100 billion dollars in relief funds to hurricane victims, farmers and more.

However, the Senate must now vote to approve the bill and President Joe Biden must sign it into law to avoid a lapse in federal spending set to occur just after midnight Friday.

Both are expected to approve the CR, though if they don’t do it quickly enough federal funding may run out and the government could, at least momentarily, enter into a partial shutdown.

The 118-page bill passed with bipartisan support in the House, 366 – 34, after Republican Speaker Mike Johnson negotiated with his Democratic counterpart Hakeem Jeffries over the details in multiple conversations on Friday.

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All day Friday Johnson and many House Republicans were sequestered in private meetings to discuss the best path forward. Many were unsure how the final vote was going to go.

But the speaker’s last gambit, coming just hours before federal funding expired, ultimately was a success.

‘The Speaker did a good job here, given the circumstances,’ Musk posted on X Friday evening in approval.