House passes stopgap bill to prevent government shutdown on Thursday

WASHINGTON — The Latest on Congress and spending legislation (all times local):6:55 p.m.The House has passed a temporary government-wide funding bill that would prevent the government from shutting down at midnight Thursday.The mostly party-line vote sends the bill to the Senate, which appears likely to change it and send it back.Senate leaders are hoping to seal a long-sought agreement to add almost $300 billion over two years to the budgets for the Pentagon and domestic agencies, which o