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The Senate is in session after the House of Representatives voted Saturday to pass a 45-day stop-gap bill that would avert a government shutdown on Sunday.

Democratic leaders are taking a victory lap after the House passed a temporary spending bill to keep the government funded for 45 days, framing the legislation as a win for their party and taking credit for averting a government shutdown.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was able to get a 45-day continuing resolution passed through the House of Representatives on Saturday in an effort to avoid a government shutdown on Sunday.

Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy mocked the impending government shutdown some hours before the funding deadline.

Former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie slammed former President Donald Trump for saying the Republican National Committee should cancel the remaining Republican presidential debates.

Pope Francis named 21 cardinals Saturday, further increasing the eligible voting cardinals he has appointed as head of the Catholic Church.

Venture capital firm Fearless Fund had its grant program for black female business owners blocked by a United States appellate court Saturday.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) was caught by a security camera pulling a fire alarm in the Cannon House Office Building as Democrats were trying to stall a vote on the clean continuing resolution put on the floor by Republicans.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), one of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) biggest Republican critics, said his speakership is on "tenuous grounds" as Congress attempts to avoid a government shutdown while the speaker dared him to bring a motion to oust him to the floor.

In a last-ditch effort to keep the government funded, the House passed a clean continuing resolution to keep the government funded at current spending levels for 45 days, advancing the legislation less than 10 hours before the government is set to shut down.