The took the risk of a government shutdown off the table on Wednesday as it passed a stopgap spending bill.The 87-11 vote marked the end of this year's third fiscal standoff in that saw lawmakers bring Washington to the brink of defaulting on its more than $31 trillion in debt this spring and twice within days of a partial shutdown that would have interrupted pay for about 4 million federal workers.The last near-miss with shutdown led to the Oct. 3 ouster of Republican U.S. Speaker that left the chamber leaderless for three weeks.
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