Senate Passes One-Week Spending Bill, Averting Government Shutdown

(Left) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) speaks on the Senate floor at the Capitol in Washington on May 25, 2022. (Right) Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaks on the Senate floor at the Capitol in Washington on May 25, 2022. Senate Television via AP

The U.S. Senate on Dec. 15 passed a one-week spending bill to keep the government open as negotiations over a larger spending bill for fiscal year 2023 continue.

The bill, known in legislative parlance as a “continuing resolution,” passed the upper chamber in a 71-19 vote.