By Diyar Guldogan
WASHINGTON (AA) - The US House of Representatives passed three funding bills with bipartisan backing, bringing lawmakers closer to averting a government shutdown at the end of the month.
The lawmakers voted 397-28 on Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026.
It will now head to the Senate, which is expected to take up the minibus next week.
Congress faces a Jan. 30 deadline to finance key government operations, following the passage of a short-term funding bill that ended the longest government shutdown in US history in November.
Earlier, Senate Majority Leader John Thune emphasized that Congress faces a pressing deadline to avoid another shutdown.
"We’ve already passed one package of three appropriations bills that was signed into law in November, and now we need to finish our work," Thune said on the Senate floor.