The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 370-48 to approve a continuing resolution that extends current federal spending levels through Dec. 11, preventing a government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1.

The temporary funding bill now goes to President Donald Trump for his signature. The Senate passed the same measure on Aug. 8. Congress has yet to complete any of the 12 full-year appropriations bills that fund government operations from Oct. 1, 2026, through Sept. 30, 2027, covering areas from defense and homeland security to energy and housing.

Since the start of Trump’s second term, lawmakers have engaged in prolonged partisan fights that produced three partial government shutdowns totaling 161 days. Those disputes centered on health insurance subsidies and limits on federal immigration enforcement. This time, neither Republicans nor Democrats wanted a fourth shutdown during an election year amid voter frustration over high food and housing costs, the U.S. conflict with Iran, and tariffs that have particularly affected farmers.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., said the short-term bill “will give Congress time to get past the November elections.” Ranking Democrat Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut described the vote as a step toward Congress reclaiming its constitutional power of the purse after unilateral administration actions that included deep agency cuts and the elimination of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The continuing resolution does not resolve the nation’s broader fiscal challenges. The national debt surpassed $40 trillion last month, and lawmakers have not addressed voters’ top concern of affordability. Full-year spending decisions are now delayed until December, when the outcome of the Nov. 3 congressional elections will shape which party holds the stronger negotiating position.