U.S. House passes short-term funding bill
The rushed package would leave behind aid to Ukraine, but increase federal disaster assistance by $16 billion.




























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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters following a closed-door meeting with House Republicans after his last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open collapsed yesterday, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 30.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accompanied by Republican Senators, speaks to reporters following a closed-door caucus meeting about preventing a federal government shutdown, Saturday, Sept. 30, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., center, Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., center right, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, and other Republican Senators, walk towards the Senate floor after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., spoke to reporters following a closed-door caucus meeting about preventing a federal government shutdown, Saturday, Sept. 30, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democratic members of the House of Representatives crowd into an elevator to go to the chamber for a vote on a 45-day funding bill to keep the federal government open, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 30.ASSOCIATED PRESS
From left, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speak in a hallway as the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, Saturday, Sept. 30, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., confers with Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., right, just after the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, but the measure must first go to the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 30.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined by Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., holds a news conference just after the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, but the measure must first go to the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 30.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., speaks to reporters as he arrives for a closed-door caucus meeting after the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, Saturday, Sept. 30, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., arrives for a closed-door caucus meeting after the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, Saturday, Sept. 30, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., wearing glasses on his forehead, walks into a closed-door caucus meeting after the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, Saturday, Sept. 30, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., speaks to reporters as he walks out of a closed-door caucus meeting after the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, Saturday, Sept. 30, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks to reporters as he walks out of a closed-door caucus meeting after the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, Saturday, Sept. 30, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., walks out of a closed-door caucus meeting after the House approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, Saturday, Sept. 30, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., displays her voting card as she arrives at the chamber where members approved a 45-day funding bill to keep federal agencies open, but the measure must first go to the Senate, at the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 30.