House passes CR as Senate looks to reject

The House voted 217-212 to pass the GOP's stopgap continuing resolution that aims to fund the federal government through Nov. 21 and avoid a shutdown at the end of this month. The measure, however, is likely to be rejected by the Senate later today.

The House bill passed mostly along party lines. The only Democrat to back the CR was Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) and the only two Republicans to vote against it were Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Victoria Spartz (R-IN).

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) said “keeping the lights on is not a partisan issue.”

“This clean, short-term funding extension reflects that,” he said in a statement. “By acting in good faith to prevent the chaos of a shutdown, we are preserving stability for families and communities, protecting the real progress already made on appropriations and strengthening our position to complete the [fiscal year 2026] process responsibly.”

The CR contains funding carve-outs for the E-7 Wedgetail and Virginia-class submarine.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, said the GOP is forging ahead with a partisan process that cuts out the minority party, risking a government shutdown.

“It was a consensus that it should have been a bipartisan negotiation. That consensus was abrogated,” she said in a statement. “They would rather shut down the government than sit down and talk about lowering costs for millions of Americans, preventing people from getting kicked off their health care, and stopping President Trump and Budget Director Russ Vought from stealing from our communities and from our constituents.”

The House’s CR needs Democratic support to pass in the Senate, where many Democrats have criticized the measure.

Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has offered his own competing CR that would fund the government through Oct. 31 that includes health care tax credits.

Both the Democratic plan and the House-passed CR are likely to fail in the Senate, setting the stage for a showdown at the end of the month when lawmakers return from next week’s break.