众议院周三批准了一项短期措施，将联邦政府的资金再延长一周，直到12月23日，为立法者赢得更多时间，以完成起草一项大规模的综合支出法案本届国会行将结束的日子。
投票结果是224票对201票，9名共和党人加入了民主党的多数派。
这项立法接下来将提交给参议院，参议院最早可能于周四开始审议。
众议院通过临时拨款法案是阻止联邦政府关闭的重要一步，联邦政府关闭将于周五午夜开始。
在投票之前，拨款者在周二晚上就临时拨款法案的两党框架达成了一项协议。
“今天摆在我们面前的立法只是一个简单的日期变化，在我们就最终支出法案的细节进行谈判，并完成为满足勤劳的美国人需求的政府项目提供资金的工作时，它让政府保持运转，”众议院拨款委员会主席、康涅狄格州民主党人罗莎·德劳罗(Rosa DeLauro)周三在众议院表示。
德劳罗说，她对框架协议感到“鼓舞”，该协议提供了“下周制定一项综合方案的前进道路”
Incoming Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Whip Katherine Clark, Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar and Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu hold a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 13, 2022.
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共和党鞭策团队告诉其成员投票反对短期融资法案。
在周三早些时候的新闻发布会上，众议院共和党领袖凯文·麦卡锡呼吁通过一项临时支出法案，该法案将持续到2011年1月3日之后。当他的政党重新获得多数席位时。
“允许美国人民一个月前所说的话:改变我们今天所知道的华盛顿。麦卡锡说:“我们花不起民主党人的钱。
参议院少数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)表示，他希望支出谈判在12月22日之前成功完成并投票表决，或者在2023年批准另一项短期法案。
House approves funding extension to avert government shutdown, buying time for spending deal
The House on Wednesday approved a short-term measure that extends funding for the federal government for another week, through Dec. 23, buying more time for lawmakers to finish crafting a massive omnibus spending bill inthe waning days of this Congress.
The vote was 224-201 with nine Republicans joining the Democratic majority.
The legislation next heads to the Senate, which could take it up as soon as Thursday.
Passing a temporary funding bill in the House is a major step to stopping the federal government shutdown that is set to begin Friday at midnight.
The vote comes after appropriators cemented a deal on Tuesday night on a bipartisan framework for the stop-gap bill.
"The legislation before us today is a simple date change that keeps the government up and running as we negotiate the details of final spending bills and complete the work of funding the government programs that meet the needs of hardworking Americans," House Appropriations Chairwoman Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said on the House floor on Wednesday.
DeLauro said she felt "encouraged" about the framework agreement which provides "a path forward to enact an omnibus next week."
The Republican whip team told its members to vote against the short-term funding bill.
At a news conference earlier Wednesday, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy called for a temporary spending bill that lasted until after Jan. 3,when his party retakes the majority.
"Allow the American people what they said a month ago: to change Washington as we know it today. We can't afford to spend what the Democrats have," McCarthy said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he wants the spending negotiations successfully completed and voted on by Dec. 22 -- or for another short-term bill to be approved into 2023.
