House passes short-term funding bill to avoid a shutdown before the election - AP News

Congress faced a hard deadline at the end of September, when the fiscal year closes. Lawmakers on both sides were not willing to let a funding lapse land during campaign season, especially after last year's historic shutdowns rattled Washington. The Senate had already approved the measure before it reached the House floor.

The bill now heads to President Donald Trump's desk for his signature. For people here in Lubbock, a government shutdown would have real consequences: federal workers, contractors tied to Reese Technology Center and Texas Tech's research programs, and anyone depending on federal benefit payments would feel the squeeze fast if funding dried up. Getting past the deadline without a lapse buys some breathing room, though only until early December, when Congress will have to revisit the whole fight again.

That 370-48 margin suggests broad agreement that a pre-election shutdown was a problem nobody wanted to own.