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Congress Passes One Week Government Funding Measure, Averting Shutdown

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 21: View of the distinctive US Capitol dome from an arch on the Senate side of the structure, on March 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. The dome is 180 feet, 3 inches high. The rotunda is visited by... WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 21: View of the distinctive US Capitol dome from an arch on the Senate side of the structure, on March 21, 2013 in Washington, DC. The dome is 180 feet, 3 inches high. The rotunda is visited by thousands of people every day. The Capitol was built in the distinctive neoclassical style. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960. (Photo by Melanie Stetson Freeman/The Christian Science Monitor MORE LESS
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April 28, 2017 12:12 p.m.
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The Senate followed the House of Representatives Friday to pass a stopgap bill to fund the government and avoid a Saturday government shutdown.

The House voted 382-30 in favor of a one-week measure to fund the government Friday morning. The Senate passed the short-term funding bill by a voice vote around noon.

Watch the Senate pass the measure below, via CBS News:

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