
The House on Tuesday narrowly passed a stopgap funding measure to avert a pending government shutdown with a 217-213 vote, sending the bill to the Senate. The lower chamber voted along party lines to pass the continuing resolution to keep the government open through Sept. 30, with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) as the sole Republican to oppose the measure and Rep. Jarden Golden (D-Maine) as the lone Democrat to vote in favor. “The choice before us was simple: you either…