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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

In a significant last minute reversal, the house today

passed a short-term spending bill.

As NPR's Jimena Bustillo reports, the broad bipartisan

support in the house puts pressure on senators to accept the

stopgap bill and avoid a shutdown.

Lawmakers in the house voted 335 to 91 to approve a 45-day

extension of federal funding.

If passed by the Senate, this would advert a highly

anticipated federal shutdown.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for weeks refused to consider

any spending bill that would require the support of Democrats.

But facing the potential for a politically and

economically harmful shutdown, McCarthy reversed course this morning,

specifically calling on Democrats for help passing the bill.

And all but one did.

The legislation includes $16 billion for disaster aid

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