| In a shocking turn, the House on Saturday took an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote to avert a shutdown at midnight on Sunday — with the majority of Democrats bailing out the GOP. Speaker Kevin McCarthy passed the 45-day stopgap funding patch, 334-92, with help from more than 200 Democrats and more than six dozen Republican voting no. It's an unexpected move that is certain to accelerate a far-right rebellion aimed at taking his gavel. The bill now goes to the Senate, where it is likely to pass just before the shutdown deadline. Read the latest | 
