House defers potential shutdown with a stopgap spending bill

The House approved a stopgap spending bill on Tuesday that will keep the federal government funded through early December, taking a government shutdown off the table until after midterm elections this fall. The House voted 370-48 to pass a continuing resolution that will keep the federal government funded through Dec. 11. The continuing resolution includes a provision that temporarily blocks the Office of Management and Budget’s proposed rule that would put federal grant fun