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US House passes stopgap government funding bill; Senate up next

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 245-182 to approve a bill funding the government through March 22; the measure now heads to the Senate.

Senate Democratic leadership indicated that some lawmakers may want to attach a debt ceiling hike to the version of the funding bill that the upper chamber passes.

"The debt ceiling is something that some would want to see as part of this deal," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters Feb. 6 at a press conference before the House vote. "We'll see what happens. Nothing has been agreed to on that part of the [budget] caps deal."

An amended bill that passes the Senate would need to be voted out of the House before hitting President Donald Trump's desk for his signature.

If the final bill raises the debt ceiling, it would stop the Treasury Department from running out of cash, which it is predicted to do during the first half of March, according to the Congressional Budget Office.