The House voted 220 to 211 on Tuesday night to pass a stopgap continuing resolution that would keep the federal government funded through Dec. 3, though Republicans in the Senate have pledged to block it. The bill includes $28.6 billion in disaster relief and $6.3 billion to help resettle Afghan refugees, but would also suspend the U.S. debt limit through December 2022, something that has drawn opposition from Senate Republicans who are planning a filibuster that could only be defeated with 60 votes that Democrats do not have.
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