WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US Senate passed by unanimous consent on Friday a short-term funding measure that will prevent a government shutdown, an official with the US Senate Press Gallery told Sputnik on Friday.
"They [senators] passed it by unanimous consent," the official stated.
The Senate passed the measure shortly after the US House of Representatives voted 382-30 in favor of the legislation.
The measure will give Congress one week to work out a funding deal or pass another continuing resolution to temporarily extend US government funding at current levels.
Without a deal, the current funding for US government agencies and departments would have run out at midnight on Friday.
