U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a stopgap spending bill, passed by Congress this week, that averts a partial government shutdown, the White House said in a statement.

The House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution (C.R.) on Tuesday to keep the government funded through September. The measure now heads to

The Senate voted Friday to advance a bill funding the government through September and averting a government shutdown, thwarting an effort by some Democratic lawmakers who had wanted to use a shutdown threat to curtail President Trump's mass firing of federal workers.

The bill omits language allowing the District to spend its 2025 budget, essentially forcing the city to return to 2024 funding levels.

D.C. officials are pleading with the U.S. Senate to restore the city’s funding levels after the House passed a spending bill that would cut about $1 billion from the District’s budget.

Senate Democrats have vowed to shut down the federal government rather than support a House-approved budget resolution to avert a pending government shutdown at the end of the day Friday.

Ohio Democratic Representatives Shontel Brown and Emilia Sykes were among those who opposed the bill, arguing it reduces funding for critical programs that many Americans rely on.