Now with the text out, the current plan puts the entire timeline – having lawmakers read the text, advancing it to the Rules Committee and getting to a floor vote – in the span of a week. With time no longer on their side, a failure at any stage could result in a shutdown.

The House voted 217 to 213 on a bill to fund the federal government through September and avoid a shutdown that would have started this weekend. All but one Republican voted “yes,” joined by just one Democrat.

A Republican-sponsored continuing resolution to keep the government operating was approved by the House. It faces a close vote in the Senate.

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