Live coverage: House passes funding plan to avoid government shutdown

The House voted to support a measure to keep the government funded past Friday night's midnight shutdown deadline.
The Senate is expected to vote on the plan later Friday evening.Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Friday afternoon that the House would vote on a modified version of the bill that was defeated Thursday — minus the debt ceiling provision pushed by President-elect Trump.Democrats and a few dozen Republicans on Thursday rejected the bill that paired a three-month government