House votes to avoid government shutdown by passing temporary spending bill

Nikesh Vaishnav
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House votes to avoid government shutdown by passing temporary spending bill – CBS News

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The House of Representatives has passed a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown. The stopgap bill funds the government until Sept. 30. The measure increases defense spending by $6 billion and cuts domestic spending by $13 billion. The bill now heads to the Senate, which needs to approve it by Friday night to avert a government shutdown. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports.

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