GOP Bill To Keep Government Open Passes — Despite Democrats Voting Against It In Droves

The House of Representatives approved a seven-week funding measure on Friday over the objections of Democrats who voted nearly unanimously to shut down the government.

Lawmakers voted 217 to 212 to pass House Republicans’ stopgap funding plan, known as a continuing resolution (CR), with just one Democrat supporting the measure. The House-passed bill now heads to the upper chamber where it is expected to be rejected by Senate Democrats, who are vowing to oppose any funding measure that does not include a partisan wish list of left-wing priorities.

House Republicans’ CR would temporarily fund government operations through Nov. 21, granting congressional appropriators additional time to strike a deal on government funding for the remainder of fiscal year 2026. The short-term CR would also provide for $88 million in security funding across the three branches of government amid rising fears among public officials of their safety following Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Democratic Maine Rep. Jared Golden was the lone Democratic lawmaker to back the stopgap spending plan. Golden also bucked Democrats to vote for a GOP spending bill in March.

The successful passage of House GOP leadership’s CR comes as President Donald Trump publicly lobbied the Republican conference to unanimously support the spending measure.

“Every House Republican should UNIFY, and VOTE YES!” the president wrote on Truth Social on Thursday.

Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie, Trump’s chief