U.S. Congress passes stopgap funding bill on brink of government shutdown

STORY: U.S. Congress passes stopgap funding bill on brink of government shutdown DATELINE: Oct. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. Senate voting on the bill 2. various of U.S. House of Representatives voting on the bill 3. various of exterior of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The U.S. Senate on Saturday night approved a House-passed 45-day stopgap funding bill in a last-minute effort to avert a federal government shutdown. The upper chamber passed the stopgap funding measure in a vote of 88-9. Earlier that day, the House approved the bill in a vote of 335-91. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has been struggling to gain support from hardliners in his own Republican Party on a funding bill, released the new plan Saturday morning, which would keep federal agencies funded at current levels until mid-November, and includes 16 billion U.S. dollars of funding for disaster relief. The new bill dropped steep spending cuts sought by conservati