CBS News reports:
About three hours before a midnight deadline, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill Saturday evening to keep the government funded for 45 days, on a vote of 88 to 9, just before a government shutdown was to go into effect.
The bill, which funds the government through Nov. 17, was signed into law by President Biden late Saturday night, the White House confirmed.
“Tonight, bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate voted to keep the government open, preventing an unnecessary crisis that would have inflicted needless pain on millions of hardworking Americans,” Mr. Biden said in a statement after the passage.
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The Senate has passed (88-9) the bipartisan House bill to fund the government for 45 days, averting a government shutdown and sending the legislation to President Biden for his signature. pic.twitter.com/MjYgAgOCQs
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) October 1, 2023
The nine Republican senators who voted against the stopgap funding bill are:
Tennessee Marsha Blackburn
Indiana Mike Braun
Texas Ted Cruz
Tennessee Bill Hagerty
Utah Mike Lee
Kansas Roger Marshall
Kentucky Rand Paul
Missouri Eric Schmitt
Ohio JD Vance— Penne Finkley (@moneypenne1) October 1, 2023