Senate Approves House-Passed Stopgap Government Funding Measure to Avoid Shutdown

The U.S. Capitol Building on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 4, 2020. Tom Brenner/Reuters

The Senate on Friday approved a one-week stopgap funding bill less than 11 hours before funding for the government runs out.

The Senate passed the measure by unanimous consent, which means no recorded vote was undertaken but any single senator could have blocked the funding.