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US lawmakers pass short-term deal to avoid government shutdown

Agreement to maintain funding until mid-November leaves out billions of dollars in Ukraine aid

The US Congress has voted to avert a government shutdown after lawmakers agreed a last-minute measure that keeps the government funded until mid-November but leaves out billions of dollars of aid for Ukraine.

The Senate voted 88-9 on Saturday night to approve a deal that was brokered earlier in the day by the House of Representatives, with just nine Republicans voting against the bill in the upper chamber.

President Joe Biden signed the agreement before a midnight deadline, avoiding a shutdown that would have furloughed hundreds of thousands of workers and stopped basic government functions.

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