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Posted: 2017-12-07T22:40:05Z | Updated: 2017-12-07T23:21:34Z

WASHINGTON Less than 48 hours before a government shutdown, House and Senate lawmakers passed a stopgap spending bill on Thursday to fund the government through Dec. 22.

The House passed the bill 235-193, with 18 Republicans voting no and 14 Democrats voting yes, and the Senate passed the bill soon after 81-14, with six Republicans, seven Democrats and one independent who caucuses with the Democrats (Bernie Sanders of Vermont) voting no. The measure will now go to President Donald Trumps desk for his signature.

In the House, Democrats waited for Republicans to put up the votes required for passage before some of their more vulnerable members supported the two-week funding extension.

Republican leaders huddled around a computer on the GOP side monitoring who was voting for the bill, with Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) signaling to Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) how many more votes Republicans needed to pass the bill. A number of Freedom Caucus members ended up voting for the bill, though of the 18 Republicans in opposition, 12 are members of the Freedom Caucus.

The two-week continuing resolution will allow lawmakers to work out another spending deal before members leave for Christmas break. Republicans and Democrats are currently negotiating over the spending numbers for defense and nondefense for an even larger appropriations agreement.