House passes bill to avert government shutdown

WASHINGTON  — The House has passed a bill to prevent a government shutdown this weekend.
The measure passed on a 235-193 vote Thursday, mostly along party lines, and would keep the government running through Dec. 22. The idea is to buy time for negotiations on unfinished bipartisan business on Capitol Hill, including the budget, a key children’s health program and aid to hurricane-slammed Puerto Rico.
Those negotiations are sure to be tricky. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi