
The Senate on Thursday afternoon passed a five-day continuing resolution that will extend government funding until Dec. 16.Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) brought the measure to the floor by adding it as a “substitute amendment” to a spending bill already passed by the House. It was passed unanimously by voice vote.The House, which introduced their own CR extension yesterday, is slated to pass the stopgap bill on Friday before government funding expires at midnight.The passing of the CR will…