Approval of the bill sent it to the Senate, where Republicans need the cooperation of several Democrats to move it past a filibuster and to passage before a midnight deadline on Friday.

Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday succeeded in a high-stakes House vote to pass President Donald Trump’s plan to fund the government into the fall, overcoming far-right opposition as the GOP scrambles to avert a government shutdown Friday at midnight.

House Republicans pass legislationto avert a partial government shutdown:: Washington, D.C.::The bill passed in a nearly party-line 217-213 vote, with one Republican voting no and one Democrat yes.The measure would also need to be approved in the Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump to avert a partial shutdown beginning on Saturday.