Senate passes stopgap to avert pre-election shutdown

The Senate passed a stopgap spending bill with a bipartisan vote of ninety to six, funding the government through December eleventh and averting a shutdown before the midterm elections. Per Axios, the measure includes several restrictions on the Trump administration: it blocks a rule that would give political appointees more power over federal grants, rejects a one billion dollar request for new battleships, and delays a hemp product ban by one month. The bill heads to the House, but a much larger spending battle looms in December over funding levels and the president's power over grants.

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