Congress faces a Friday deadline to approve a new government spending bill to avert a shutdown at midnight—with preliminary votes expected as soon as Monday and final votes Tuesday on a GOP-backed resolution at least one House Republican has vowed to vote against,

House Republicans are racing to pass their bill by 11:59 p.m. Friday to avert a government shutdown, teeing up a final vote on the legislation on Tuesday afternoon. The chamber voted 216-214 to

The Republican-led House plans to vote Tuesday on a stopgap measure to keep the federal government funded beyond Friday. A continuing resolution that would provide funding through September advanced Tuesday afternoon on a procedural vote.