U.S. House of Representatives passes temporary spending bill; Senate may face heated confrontation

Jinse Finance reported, citing US media, that the US House of Representatives has passed a temporary spending bill aimed at avoiding a federal government shutdown crisis on October 1. However, this also means that the Senate will have to engage in intense debates over the bill later on Friday—Democrats are expected to reject the bill on the grounds that "increased healthcare spending is needed." House Speaker Johnson overcame dissatisfaction from some Republican colleagues, pushing the bill through with a vote of 217 in favor and 212 against. House Democrats almost unanimously opposed the bill. The Senate plans to review both the House-submitted bill and an "alternative temporary spending bill" proposed by Democratic leader Schumer (which aims to fund the government through October 31) later on Friday. Both versions of the bill are expected to be rejected, which means that with less than two weeks before the October 1 deadline, the US government will be stuck in a shutdown crisis deadlock. (Golden Ten Data)