The House has passed a legislative package that would avert a looming government shutdown, provide $28.6 billion to help storm and wildfire-battered areas rebuild after natural disasters, and suspend the U.S. debt limit through December 2022.
The package, which the House approved late on Sept. 21, includes a continuing resolution, or CR, that would keep federal agencies operating through Dec. 3. Without a CR before the federal fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, most programs would come to a halt. The measure was passed on a 220-211 party-line vote.