Senate voted 90-6 early Saturday to fund the federal government through Dec.
3, 2026, when House Democrats declined to fast-track a Senate-passed spending package during a floor dispute.
After the vote, Murray struck a measured tone rather than a triumphant one. "I believe that we all want to make sure that we have good funding through Dec.
On July 23, before leaving for its August recess, the House approved H.R.
Shutdown fights tend to punish whichever side voters see as less willing to negotiate, an ambiguous political judgment that neither party wanted left open two months before an election, especially after three separate lapses already this cycle gave voters plenty of material to form that judgment on.
The Senate passed a stopgap funding bill through Dec. 11 on a 90-6 vote, but the House already passed a different one through Dec. 4 without the new provisions, leaving a fourth shutdown fight unresolved before Sept. 30.