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The federal government was set to run out of money Friday night.
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The bill's passage comes after President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk scuttled an earlier bipartisan deal.
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 As the U.S. Congress scrambled to come up with a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown Friday, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump insisted that a debt ceiling increase be included in any such deal, then went a step further by seeking to suspend or eliminate the debt limit before he takes office. Here's why.
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Congress votes to pass a budget deal to avert what would be the first US federal government shutdown since 2019.
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Thirty-four Republicans voted against a newly revised spending bill on Friday evening after it failed on Thursday.
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After dozens of tweets from billionaire Elon Musk, lawmakers killed a federal spending bill that would have funded the government until March. What role might Musk play in Trump's government?
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Musk said the new bill was "great" as a government shutdown looms.
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A simple alternative to the House of Representatives' habit of using continuing resolutions to fund the government would be to pass appropriations bills as required by law.
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