Before the trip Pompeo declined to comment on whether he intended to raise the Biden subject during his visit to Kiev.

referred to as an omnibus bill.averting a government shutdown and punting a spending fight in Congress until early next year.

But dissent from within his own party over its lack of spending cuts or funding for border security required Johnson to rely on Democratic votes to get it over the finish line.Neither [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell nor I want a shutdown.Washington The Senate easily passed a stopgap funding bill late Wednesday night.

the government was set to shutdown Saturday.Funding for eight other appropriations bills.

sending it to the Senate ahead of a Friday deadline.

The House has passed seven bills.Only one Democratic senator voted against the measure.

agriculture and energy until Jan.Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he hoped there would be a strong bipartisan vote for the House bill.

while the Senate has passed three that were grouped together in a minibus.Hard-right members upset by the short-term extension that did not include spending cuts and who wanted the House to pass the appropriations bills individually moved to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as their leader.