Updated at 10:15 p.m. ET
The threat of a partial government shutdown this weekend may be diminishing.
The Senate passed a short-term measure Wednesday night to keep the federal government open into 2019. The House is expected to take up the bill on Thursday. Funding currently expires at midnight on Friday.
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