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The House passed a short-term measure Tuesday to fund the federal government into early December, a move designed to avoid a chaotic shutdown as lawmakers campaign for reelection.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers needed to act before the fiscal year concludes at the end of September to avoid a funding lapse. They were determined not to bump up against that deadline during the campaign season following this past year\u2019s historic shutdowns.<\/p>\n

The House passed the bill by a vote of 370-48. The Senate has already\u00a0overwhelmingly approved\u00a0the measure, so it now moves to President Donald Trump\u2019s desk for his signature.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt gives the nation and our constituents certainty, certainty that the government will remain open, certainty that our service members will be paid,\u201d said Rep. Tom Cole, the Republican chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.<\/p>\n

A record\u00a043-day shutdown\u00a0occurred last fall when the two parties disagreed on renewing an expiring\u00a0tax credit\u00a0that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act marketplaces. Then came the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, which lasted\u00a076 days\u00a0before lawmakers agreed to fund much of the department but not its immigration enforcement operations.<\/p>\n

Lawmakers were wary of a repeat before voters go to the polls. They also blamed the other party for the recent impasses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to avoid the threat of another Democratic shutdown,\u201d House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters in advance of the vote.<\/p>\n

After the vote Johnson said the House delivered, despite those who doubted the Republican majority would be able to push past its own divisions and rally support.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re continuing to do the grown-up thing, get the job done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the lead Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, encouraged her Democratic colleagues to vote for the measure during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

She said the bill was much improved from the product that passed the House earlier this summer on a mostly party-line basis. For example, she said it prevents the Department of Homeland Security from transferring funds to the Border Patrol, and it delays a proposed rule that would give political appointees in the Trump administration more authority to stop federal grants from going out for programs they view as not in line with the president\u2019s agenda. Those changes were made when the Senate approved its version of the bill.<\/p>\n

Democrats fear the administration will use the proposed regulation on grants to steer money away from Democratic-led states. DeLauro called the delay an important first step, but said more must be done to block the policy from taking effect.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether a community receives disaster relief should not depend on who they voted for in the last election,\u201d DeLauro said.<\/p>\n

The short-term measure funds federal agencies generally at current levels through Dec. 11. It will give lawmakers more time to find compromise on a full-year measure, though that will likely be quite difficult.<\/p>\n

Republicans are seeking hundreds of billions of dollars in additional\u00a0spending for the military\u00a0while cutting most non-defense programs. Democrats say that\u2019s a non-starter and insist on a bipartisan approach that treats domestic programs with parity.<\/p>\n

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Associated Press writer Lisa Mascaro contributed.<\/p>\n

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