Senate Passes Stopgap Funding Bill to Avert Shutdown at Midnight

CNN, Dec. 11, 2020–Clare Foran, Manu Raju
The short-term spending bill would extend government funding by a week to December 18 and is aimed at giving lawmakers more time to reach an agreement on Covid relief and broader funding legislation for a new fiscal year. It passed the House earlier this week.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/11/politics/senate-vote-government-funding-deadline-shutdown/index.html