(Bloomberg) — The Senate passed a U.S. government spending plan hours before a shutdown deadline Wednesday as President Barack Obama's administration sought to facilitate talks with congressional leaders on a longer-term budget deal.
The spending bill, passed 78-20, goes to the House where Speaker John Boehner promised a vote over objections from fellow Republicans who unsuccessfully sought to use it to defund Planned Parenthood.
The House has set up a procedure allowing a vote later in the day, before government funding expires at midnight.
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