US Congressmen pass government funding bill

The United States House of Representatives passed a massive spending package on Friday to fully fund the government through September, sending it to the Senate ahead of a midnight deadline to avert a partial shutdown, Report informs, citing CBS News.

The House approved the $1.2 trillion package, which was unveiled early Thursday, in a vote of 286 to 134.

The package wraps six spending bills into one to fund about three-quarters of the government until the end of the fiscal year. Another package funding the rest of the government cleared Congress two weeks ago.