Congress passes latest stopgap bill to prevent a partial government shutdown

On Thursday, Congress passed a stopgap bill to avert a partial government shutdown this weekend and keep the federal government funded through March 1 and March 8.
The measure passed 77-18 in the U.S. Senate, followed by a vote of 314-108 in the House of Representatives. The bill has now been sent to President Joe Biden to become law.
This is the third such stopgap bill to be passed since last September, while lawmakers work on forming a full-year government funding bill.