The House bill, which needs two-thirds of the chamber to pass, includes more domestic disaster relief aid but no money for Ukraine. Without a bill approved by the House and Senate, the government shuts down at midnight.
Voting is goin on in the House on a stopgap measure to avert a shutdown and fund the federal government for 45 days.
The bill needs two-thirds majority of the chamber to pass. The vote comes just hours before a midnight deadline to avoid a shutdown.
The last-minute GOP push to avoid the US government from lapsing in funding came together rapidly this morning, with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy emerging from meetings to announce a vote would be held on a 45-day stopgap measure.
With their own members standing in the way of a stopgap measure to keep the government open, House Republican leaders did what they have been avoiding for weeks, turning to Democrats for help passing a temporary bill.